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The point of this story is to take a hard look at what humans become when we are stripped of shelter, food, society, structure, and accountability and instead are reduced to animals. The author successfully deconstructs his characters into their basic essence, where fear and a pack mentality win out over courage and ethics nine times out of ten. While the story is brutal and disturbing, I feel it's honest. The writing can be difficult to digest at times (overly descriptive, a sometimes wandering narrative), but this is a book designed to force us to grapple with the question "Who would I be if I lost everything but my will to live?" In that respect, the author is successful, and it's a book worth reading.