Force of Nature: A Novel

Second reading I purchased this novel as soon as it was released because the first of this series, The Dry, touched me so deeply. Force of Nature lived up to my expectations, and with the second reading, I found it even more poignant than the first time around. Though these books are independent of one another, as a series they spread the story wider and deeper. I hope there will be more in the future. Jane Harper tells a tight, intriguing story that pulls at your humanity and fuels your imagination. She is an author to follow. In the second in the Aaron Falk series, Falk is again an agent with the Australian Federal Police but that is not as exciting as it sounds. Falk is a staid keeper-of-the-books, a follower of the money, working out of the Melbourne field office, though we again spend no time there. Instead, all the action takes place in the wilds of Grampians Gariwerd National Park, and the setting of the scenes is excellent, taking you right to the heart of the tale. As with The Dry, the locale is an important member of this cast of characters. Our protagonists are five women, each unique and responding to the pressures of the situation differently as would be in life. Some we feel empathy for, some we silently scorn, but all are in my mind real characters with the hopes and dreams of us all. Some have redeeming features, all are just humans responding to the wilderness as life has trained them to respond to danger. Or has failed to train them. This is a book you will want to binge on, so cut out some special time and go for i

I love her first book so when I saw she had written more I just had to buy them. After almost 2 years I'm on page 75 because it's not engaging. Maybe it gets better but I cant bring myself to continue reading it because I'm just that bored.

I enjoyed this book. It was not as good as her other 2 but still worth reading.