LitPick Review
A story I recently read and enjoyed reading was Iditarod. It was written by Andre Jute about a woman, Rhodes. Her dog bites a young Olympians hand, but he recovers just in time to win the gold medal in downhill skiing. James, the Olympian, bets her $10,000 that he can beat her in the Iditarod. She doesn't have that kind of money, but a rich friend overhears James and puts up the money.
Opinion:
From chapter to chapter the novel switches from Rhodes to James to a pack of wolves, and it hints that they are on a crash course. Throughout the story they are chased by bears, overcome by storms, nearly trampled by a moose, and last of all they run into the wolf pack.
Iditarod starts out with Rhodes and James running into each other while they are trying to pull out at the start of the race. They don't care if they don't win a prize for first place, just as long as the other one drops out before they do. It doesn't get much better with Rhodes fighting a bear and being chased by a moose. James knocks his head and has a concussion. And they do run into a wolf pack that is 60 strong.
During the novel I thought a lot about why the Iditarod was run, and of all the people that would have died if the brave men had not delivered the serum to Nome. Today mushers start in Anchorage and go to Nome because that was the route that was taken by the serum deliverers. I thought it was a good book because the combination of all the elements makes it very interesting. It will keep you on the edge of your seat.
