Sucktown, Alaska by Craig Dirkes is an incredible young adult novel that follows the main character Eddie as he explores the ups and downs of becoming a man in a rural Alaskan Village. Eddie failed his first semester in college and is trying to redeem himself by taking a journalism job in a Kusko, Alaska. Kusko is one of many small bush villages. Dirkes does a wonderful job describing the life and hardships that accompany being out in the bush. This story tells of making mistakes and learning from those mistakes. When Eddie misses up he realizes that he could lose his chance at love with Taylor, a girl he met while interviewing for the paper. She is smart and as no time for trouble while she achieves her goals in life. Taylor being head strong helps Eddie see the way on the right side of the law. I feel this novel is a good read for anyone who likes to see the underdog win.

A super quick read. Interesting cast of characters and I like having a guy MC.

I really want to read this book, but can't read the file on my kindle. :( Hopefully I'll get a chance to read and review it another time.

I wanted to like it; I really did. Based on the description, I thought it sounded like a great story and it probably is. There was something about the writing that was choppy and stilted and made it really hard for me to get into the story. DNF

Enjoyable book. I liked the characters and it was a fun storyline.

I really wanted to like this book, but after reading well over a hundred pages. I just couldn't keep forcing myself to read it. While the character is in college he still can't seem to talk about human anatomy in a normal way and instead keeps making up rather childish names for them instead. On top of that he is surprised when teenage girls from small town Alaska know how to hook dogs onto a sled.. really.. really it's ALASKA they have to or in some parts of the state have no way of getting around.. ugh so frustrating.

The premise of this book sounded really good, but due to me not liking the character and the way he acted I just couldn't keep reading it.

I was unable to download this on my kindle and therefore wasn't able to read it.

Eighteen year old Eddie is looking for a new adventure and thinks that he's found it when he gets a job as a reporter in the wilds of Alaska. However, once he arrives he realizes that adventure is nowhere to be found. So of course he goes looking and gets in trouble along the way.

This is your basic coming-of-age story about a teenager looking for bigger things in this world. I really liked the setting in Alaska in a small town. The story had a lot of potential but unfortunately, I didn't like the way it was executed. The characters weren't very likeable, either completely immature or not fleshed out at all. I probably would not recommend this book.

I gave this book 50 pages before I moved on. It just wasn't working for me. I read the blurb and thought, great, a book about a place I know nothing about, a book set in the wilderness, I've got students who will like that. Unfortunately the main character didn't grab me, the conversations between the young people were dated and the conversations between the young man and his older boss felt very stilted. I really wanted to enjoy this book, but sadly it wasn't right for me.

It's not in a format that I can read.