For a moment, a stillness hangs over the rubble. And then, it all begins again.

I loved NORTH WOODS, and it was the perfect audiobook choice for my drive back out to Massachusetts for college (not Western Mass, mind - but relevant, right, since one of the book's many characters worked at Wellesley). Some segments worked less for me than others, and the chapters which tended to meander and ramble on were less favorable to me (I tend to dislike epistolaries, so that whole part with the letters was a miss) than segments like with the twins. NORTH WOODS moves like a babbling brook through a history which makes every moment meaningful, be it axe murder, beetle mating, or refuge in study. Overall, it's pretty damn good.