I can but echo the comments above that it's the evocation of place that makes this a standout. Wilderness Alaska was as much or more so a character in the books as any of the people.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
In my personal opinion, the books develop more depth over time as characters mature and we learn more about them.
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Glad to hear it, as I felt that not atypically for a first-in-a-series, the characters were frequently painted with pretty broad brush strokes, placeholders for more nuanced characters down the line. I did like the sense of Alaska (the Last Frontier) as being the place where misfits from outside fetched up and managed to fit in.