Pretty good book. My main issue with it was that I couldn't decide if the author meant for it to be more historical 'fiction' or an actual history novel. She took the journal of the main woman, but the way she went about expanding it was somewhat boring and WAY too descriptive (I don't need a list of every single animal they have, etc.). The facts and figures of the book were intriguing (and devastating) and that part I did enjoy learning about.