The Last Ranger: A novel | 
pickIn this emotionally complex novel, Ren Hopper, a park ranger at Yellowstone, finds himself exceeding his jurisdiction while trying to get to the bottom of the threats and sabotage escalating in the park. A beautifully written novel so evocative of the natural world that it will make you want to head for the forest ASAP, while also deeply compassionate and painfully human. This one's going on the keeper shelf next to Dog Stars.
pick4⭐. I enjoyed this until the end which was unsatisfactory with left to many strings left hanging. The author writes beautifully of nature. Set in Yellowstone National Park.
"The night of the buffalo it rained."
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I looked up from my reading and this was happening. Beautifully creepy.
Started today. This is my 5th book by Peter Heller. I enjoy his settings, his characters, and his storylines.
pickThis moved a bit slowly for me, and I didn‘t enjoy it quite as much as The River or The Guide, but a door was opened for another story about Ren, the Yellowstone park ranger, and I‘ll probably read it.
Someone is setting illegal animal traps in Yellowstone, and one seems to purposely ensnare a person. REN must race to save both the animals and the people who watch them. Plenty of tourist drama, too!
The story about a Ranger in Yellowstone and his life in the park, where he has to put up with tourists who don‘t know how to act around animals (anything for the Gram) poachers who want to make Yellowstone public land, and the other Rangers who like animals more than people. Beautiful writing and a novel that makes me want to head out West ❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️
so-soI‘ve always enjoyed Heller‘s writing, and his talent saves this somewhat clumsy plot. Ren Hopper works in Yellowstone as a National Park Service Ranger. Someone is setting traps and stalking wildlife, particularly his friend Hilly‘s beloved wolves. The sense of place is fascinating, as are the tragedies from Ren‘s past. The characters and groups that are introduced, but never tied in to the story are annoying. Maybe a sequel?
pickA low pick. I love Heller‘s nature writing, but thought he did so much better describing it without the lectures in his other books. I know wolf hunting in National Parks is bad. I‘m just here for the story. He‘ll remain an auto buy for me though because of where he sets his books.
pickLoved this novel about an enforcement officer at Yellowstone. Heller writes so beautifully about place… smell the woodsmoke, see the glint of sun on the river rocks, hear the wolves howl. ❤️👍🏻
panSkip this one. I had high expectations but it just dragged on with no purpose. Read Heller's The River or American Wolf by Blakeslee instead. I think Heller‘s fatal flaw is that he can‘t write women well. Scratch that, Celine his novel about an elderly PI based on his mother, is excellent. He just can‘t write women as a romantic interest. They are hollow & their actions never feel genuine. Hoping for better next time because I loved The River.
pickThis is a slow burn novel about a ranger trying to stop a poacher. If you like Longmire, you will like this book. And there were definitely parts that were more PSA about “don‘t go near the animals in Yellowstone!”, but I think more people need that education.
pickIf I could write like one author, not the content but the actual stunningly, beautiful writing, it would be Peter Heller. His stories are often dark but boy are they good. Seriously though, to be able to write like him🥰.
