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The Grey (2000)

by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: I'm not a fan of the stream of consciousness writing style, but it fits here. The book has a lot more wolf action than the movie. It's a real heart pounder, to be sure.There's also that old reliable theme of facing our demons and worries threaded throughout the story. The wolves are wolves, but they also represent our fears. We can run from our fears, we can battle them constantly, we can close our eyes and dream them away, and we can laugh at them. But whatever we do, they always seem to be there snarling and nibbling at us. The real courage and test comes not from vanquishing our fears and demons but from recognizing and accepting them and persevering despite the blood and tears."Each time they leave us alone a little I wonder if they're done with us, if they think we've... more learned our lesson, gotten the idea, and each time no, apparently we're still getting it wrong, we're not going the way they want us to go, or like I said they just don't like us and won't like us till we're all dead. Then they may like us fine." ~ chapter 9
review 2: I thought this novella was very well-plotted and found it a much better source of entertainment than the movie which was based on it (sorry to spout the old cliche but I think a better script could have been created out of this yarn). It reminded me of the Jack London short story 'Love of Life', with the exception that it is grittier and the odds more heavily stacked against the men who are fighting for survival. It is also a darker tale, albeit replete with much dark humour which is strangely engaging. I could not put it down. less

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