After her mother dies unexpectedly, Jess is left to live with her estranged father who may be involved in an antigovernment conspiracy in the Alaskan wilderness -- only it's not the Alaskan wilderness after all, but a remote piece of wild in middle-of-nowhere Canada. In dual timelines, Jess shares how she came to the cabin in the woods and what happened after her father, too, met his demise without warning. Now left to fend for herself in unfamiliar lands with no wilderness survival skills and no one but a dog for company and the rest of that conspiracy group may be after her.

This stunning survival novel is gripping at every turn, with a plot that truly leaves the reader wondering whether or not Jess will make it to the end of the pages alive. With a journal style narration, the possibility of Jess's own death remains strong throughout the book. Marshall underlines the immediacy and urgency of Jess's situation with a harrowing plot, throwing curveball after curveball at Jess, who knows that with winter approaching, her survival is unlikely at best.

Alongside a great external plot is Jess's character development, which is easy to follow for readers who prefer more marked development while maintaining high interest. Jess is a consistently refreshing character with bare motivations and drivers that, while not always necessarily pleasant, are always interesting and strike a note of realism readers will appreciate for its reflection of themselves.

While I didn't do any sort of fact-checking, the events and circumstances of the book seemed reasonably plausible enough. Despite the extreme things Jess experiences, none of them seemed impossible, which helped elevate the stakes and make the book exciting as a whole.

With little to interfere with the raw plot that is the survival novel, readers might expect I Am Still Alive to be a slow read. And to some degree, it is. The book is a deliberate one that is more about Jess's development than it is her story of trying to survive the Canadian wilderness and a group of radical antigovernment conspirers, but Jess's internal story is so thoughtful and interesting that it truly grips the reader from beginning to end.

Readers of survival fiction will eat this up, as will anyone who simply enjoys a good story with solid writing. Don't miss this one.

Jess is all alone. Dealing with the injuries from a car accident that killed her mother, Jess comes up to the Canadian wilderness to live with her dad. But something strange is going on, and Jess doesn't know quite what. After her father is murdered and their cabin burned to the ground, jess must survive if she wants revenge. But survival is difficult when you have no food or shelter. Jess must fight the wilderness in order to exact her revenge and escape.

This was not my favorite book. I found the pacing a bit slower than I personally like, though it was interesting to see Jess fight for survival. It was a unique story that I haven't read anything like before.

Content/Trigger Warning: mild violence and gore.

A fast paced and exciting survivalist story, but many unrealistic and not well explained elements. For instance, why did she not know her dad, and what social worker thought it a good idea for her to go live with him far off from the place she knew after a traumatic accident? My 2nd biggest complaint-why did her dad demand she stay with him instead of sending her to a place to heal after her accident and continue physical therapy? My biggest complaint-why did the dog have to die?!

Listened to on audible!
I really enjoyed this unexpected listen. A girl doing all she can to survive.
Definitely cried!!!!

After her mother dies unexpectedly, Jess is left to live with her estranged father who may be involved in an antigovernment conspiracy in the Alaskan wilderness -- only it's not the Alaskan wilderness after all, but a remote piece of wild in middle-of-nowhere Canada. In dual timelines, Jess shares how she came to the cabin in the woods and what happened after her father, too, met his demise without warning. Now left to fend for herself in unfamiliar lands with no wilderness survival skills and no one but a dog for company and the rest of that conspiracy group may be after her.

This stunning survival novel is gripping at every turn, with a plot that truly leaves the reader wondering whether or not Jess will make it to the end of the pages alive. With a journal style narration, the possibility of Jess's own death remains strong throughout the book. Marshall underlines the immediacy and urgency of Jess's situation with a harrowing plot, throwing curveball after curveball at Jess, who knows that with winter approaching, her survival is unlikely at best.

Alongside a great external plot is Jess's character development, which is easy to follow for readers who prefer more marked development while maintaining high interest. Jess is a consistently refreshing character with bare motivations and drivers that, while not always necessarily pleasant, are always interesting and strike a note of realism readers will appreciate for its reflection of themselves.

While I didn't do any sort of fact-checking, the events and circumstances of the book seemed reasonably plausible enough. Despite the extreme things Jess experiences, none of them seemed impossible, which helped elevate the stakes and make the book exciting as a whole.

With little to interfere with the raw plot that is the survival novel, readers might expect I Am Still Alive to be a slow read. And to some degree, it is. The book is a deliberate one that is more about Jess's development than it is her story of trying to survive the Canadian wilderness and a group of radical antigovernment conspirers, but Jess's internal story is so thoughtful and interesting that it truly grips the reader from beginning to end.

Readers of survival fiction will eat this up, as will anyone who simply enjoys a good story with solid writing. Don't miss this one.

Rating 2 DNF

I want to start off by saying I love survival stories. However, this one just didn't do it for me at all. I tried reading it a few months ago but only got to about chapter 5. The story felt slow moving and as much as I liked the main character I couldn't get into it. I thought maybe I was the problem so I planned on picking the book back up later. A few days ago I started listening to the audiobook and decided to restart the book from the beginning. What a mistake that was. The narrator did a great job with the story. However, again I just could not get into this book. I ended up making it to chapter 15 before I called it quits. I think the problem is the book is just okay. There is no wow factor. Having the main character be a young girl with a disability stuck out in the wilderness with killers around, you think the book would be entertaining. I did enjoy the author's writing style in that they did a great job with setting up a scene and making the reader feel as though they were there. I really wanted to love this book and am honestly sad that I didn't. But just because it wasn't for me doesn't mean someone else won't enjoy it, so I actually would recommend this book.

Wow -- kept me in suspense... and while it was sad, very glad it didn't end "and everything was perfect". Must read for suspense readers.

Love a good survival book. The book was fast-paced and emotional.