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The novel that inspired the epic new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
Hugh Glass isn’t afraid to die. He’s done it once already.
Rocky Mountains, 1823. The trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is one of the most respected men in the company, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker.But when a scouting miss...more

Published January 6th 2015 by Picador (first published June 20th 2002)

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Shelves: ebook, historical-fiction, published-2015, movie-tie-in, adventure, read-2016, saw-the-movie

3.5 Stars

This 'gritty' adventure tells the story of Hugh Glass and the near death experience of his encounter with a grizzly in the year 1823.

Relieved of all means to protect himself, abandoned and left for dead on the wild frontier amidst Indians and other foe, Hugh uses his knowledge and tracking skills to seek revenge against his vile compatriots.

Enjoyed this exciting novel for the most part and the historical data and background information of the time, but I was a bit disappointed with the

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Mar 22, 2015Jess ❈Harbinger of Blood-Soaked Rainbows❈ marked it as to-read · review of another edition

My boyfriend was completely brilliant in this film.
So I'm bumping this up on the list because I want more.

Feb 13, 2015Heidi The Reader rated it really liked it

The Revenant is a fictional tale based on the real life account of Hugh Glass, a trapper who was attacked by a grizzly bear and then left for dead by the men who had been left to care for him.
This story is so gripping. From the explosive opening moments until the very last page, the reader is practically swept up into the action.
Not only are the men in The Revenant struggling with each other, but Nature herself has a huge role in this survival tale. If the characters aren't freezing, they're st...more

So the book kicks off with Leonardo DiCaprio getting mauled by a bear so that alone may be enough for you to wanna read this book. Actually, it's Hugh Glass who will be portrayed at the local drive-in cineplex moving picture show this week by D-Cap himself who gets stone cold stunnered outta nowhere by the bear. The bear attack will be in the movie. It's crucial to the story. Don't mess around with bears, man.
Did I expect to really enjoy a book set in the early 1800s about fur traders wandering...more

Jan 20, 2016Kelly (and the Book Boar) marked it as to-read

Because some things are too funny to keep to myself . . .

Dec 27, 2015Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016, audio, library, revenge, non-fiction, western, historical-fiction

This is a dark and gruesome tale of the wild mountain west and the treacherous planes. The key story here is of survival and revenge, tragic heroes and scoundrels, Mountain Men and Natives, truth and fiction.
I am glad that they made a movie of this book, because I am not sure my attention would not have been drawn to it without the hype.
I recommend this book, but only to the strong of stomach!

Apr 30, 2017Maria Espadinha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Como este romance foi inspirado numa história real, andei a saltitar por aí, em busca de possíveis fontes. Espantosamente, não dei com duas iguais!
As várias versões que investiguei, tinham um tronco comum, mas divergiam nalgumas ramificações.
Na elaboração desta resenha, pretendo utilizar o mínimo de spoilers possível. Assim, irei socorrer-me da versão que me pareceu mais plausível, que poderá ou não, ser aquela que mais se aproxima do livro.
Deixo assim a dúvida no ar, tendo em vista minorar o in...more

Jan 12, 2016Jennifer rated it liked it

Shelves: book-to-screen, disaster-survival, historical-fiction, listened-to-audiobook, male-pov, read-2016, stand-alone-novel

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge is a historical fiction novel themed with survival and of course, revenge. The author Michael Punke incorporated some pretty raw scenes in this story that kept me engaged and on the edge of my seat. There was a parallel and secondary non-wilderness story that I was less than enthusiastic about but all parts were important for the historical component and created a well-rounded tale.
After some research about the nonfictional 19th century main character Hugh Glass,...more

This book of frontier justice is based on a true story and the movie is based on the book.....by the time you get to the movie, the facts have been considerably altered. I can tell you there are at least 2 major differences between the book and the movie, and they're mighty big ones.
I read this because I always like to read the book before I see the movie, so mission accomplished. The book was difficult to stick with but finally picked up in the second half.
I'll report back after I see the movi...more

Oct 03, 2017J.K. Grice rated it it was amazing

I need to add some comments here. First of all, I read THE REVENANT before it ever became a film. Don't even get me started on the movie version. Anyway, I posted a long review of this book on Amazon before I joined Goodreads. You can find my thoughts there if you want to investigate. Suffice it to say that I thought Punke's book was outstanding!

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Mar 04, 2017Jim rated it liked it

I never had any real interest in reading this book, being already familiar with the story of Hugh Glass. On top of that, I had already seen the horrid yawner of a movie which involved a pathetic DiCaprio wandering shivering over the Canadian countryside (and later describing a Chinook as evidence of our impending doom from global warming). Unfortunately, a co-worker reasoned that, since he had once seen me reading a book, it would necessarily follow that I would want to read anything that had pa...more

Dec 29, 2015Wayne Barrett rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, historical, western, 2016, native-american

Okay! Now that I've read it I can head to the theater tomorrow.
I thought the story was good. Punke admits that he has taken a lot of liberties with the story but all in all he still presented us with most of the basic facts. There are some big gaps in the action but they are filled with what I consider some pretty interesting historical knowledge and that is a subject that I find interesting anyway so the lags didn't bother me too much. Well...maybe a little.

Feb 11, 2018Jessaka rated it it was ok

Great book, one of my friends said as she passed the book on to me. I looked at the title, a story of revenge. This book is not for me, I thought. But then I began reading the first chapters, a book on survival. I like survival stories, and this one is based on a true story of a trapper back in the 1800s that is with a company of men who are out doing their own scouting when he gets mauled by a bear. When his company gets back to him, they find that he is almost dead. He is pieced back together,...more

Whoa!
I am hesitant to say it's breathtaking, but it's breathtaking.
As brutal as the movie was, the book is more brutal and oddly enough more visceral. Nature and open range were not only an element but a part, an additional character of this book.
And what a foe it was. Yet this was also about folly of men. Kinda reminds me and puts me in mind to recite one of my wordlings from 2013.
Don't be afraid of nature
don't be afraid of men
but be oh so very afraid of nature of men.
Read it.
p.s ; aren't t...more

Feb 16, 2016Ron rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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The Revenant is fascinating story about a man who suffers countless tragedy at the hands of nature and man, and seeks redemption. It’s so compelling because it is based the real life of Hugh Glass. In the afterward, the author Michael Punke explains that many of the moments in his book are in fact fiction. The bulk of the dramatic events surrounding Glass and his fellow trappers are true, and sometimes so horrific you’d believe they were fabricated. He endured within a year what no man should ha...more

I don't think 'Revenge' is considered a book genre, but it should be. Apparently I really love books on revenge.
1820's Middle America. A trapper is mauled (nearly to death) by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his companions. Only he doesn't die. Now, half-dead and unable to stand, he sets out to crawl his way across hostile and untamed land to seek revenge on those who abandoned him.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. This is a man's book. In fact, with the exception...more

Dec 09, 2015Karla rated it it was ok

Punke did his survivalist research, that's for sure. Every single step of every single thing Glass did to make fires and traps, etc. etc. on his long trek back to civilization after getting mauled by a bear is in excruciating detail in the blandest prose possible.
If any book could benefit from visual shortcuts and a condensing of action & time, it's this one. Should have just stuck with the movie.
Total snorefest.

Jul 18, 2016Kavita rated it it was amazing

Shelves: wild-west, biography, historical-fiction, history, usa

I can't believe I actually enjoyed this book. It was all about fighting and hunting and living in the rough, and not a single woman in the 250 pages. But gosh, it was riveting!
Hugh Glass was a man who lived life on the edge. This was not due to any need or cash crunch. He just liked it, and soon it became the only way he knew how to live. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but Glass had other plans for his future. In the end, his father relented and allowed him to pursue his dreams. Glas...more

The Revenant is a story of survival, determination, rage, and want for revenge. The overall plot was good but the detail (while useful for the story) made the story hard to read at times. I found at times it read very fictional and during others it seemed very non fiction which made the story seem chunked.
Michael Punke did a fantastic job with his research. I loved that this story had me looking into Hugh Glass' history and the 19th century fur trade.

Jan 12, 2016Darwin8u rated it liked it

'Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.'
- Mario Puzo, The Godfather
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
- Edgar Allan Poe
So, I did this totally proper like. I read the book first. Untainted by the movie and then went to see the movie. The book was good. It was interesting and had great characters. The writing was ok. Perhaps, I've read too many good Western/Frontier novels (Blood Meri...more

Jan 24, 2016Liesa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ich wollte “The Revenant” unbedingt lesen, weil ich mal wieder ein bisschen raus wollte aus meiner Comfortzone und weil ich das Gefühl hatte, das ich viel zu selten Bücher lese, die auf wahre Gegebenheiten beruhen und die zeitlich vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg angesiedelt sind. “The Revenant” ließ mich damit gleich zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen – die Geschichte um den Trapper Hugh Glass spielt in den Jahren 1823/1824 und entsprang nicht der Fantasie von Michael Punke, sondern lässt sich anh...more

Jan 08, 2016Bettie☯ rated it it was ok

Shelves: winter-20152016, lit-richer-jan-2016, historical-fiction, us-rocky-mountains, adventure, survival, film-only

Description: The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Trapping beaver, they contend daily with the threat of Indian tribes turned warlike over the white men's encroachment on their land, and other prairie foes—like the unforgiving landscape and its creatures. Hugh Glass is among the Company's finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously...more

Jul 25, 2009Bill McDavid rated it liked it · review of another edition

This was a quick and enjoyable book to read. Upon finishing it my first thought was that the ending was anticlimactic and the subtitle (A Novel of Revenge) was not well suited for the book. However, after thinking about it a little more I realized that perhaps the ending, though fictionalized, is a very good summation of the nature of revenge in the real world... that it is never all it is cracked up to be.
I will also say that this book does a great job of putting into perspective how very easy...more

Jan 22, 2016Trina (Between Chapters) rated it liked it

The biggest problem I had while reading this book was that the writing just didn't capture any emotion or personality. It was very cut and dried distant third person, but as an account of slightly fictionalized true historical events though, I do think it made the story of Glass accessible to a modern audience. The book is very different than the movie, but this is much closer to the real story of Hugh Glass's life.
Another fall back of the book is the ending. There doesn't seem to be one. If it...more

Jan 30, 2016♥ Sandi ❣ rated it really liked it

This novel is fiction - based on true facts -but fiction.
Hugh Glass is a trapper who works for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. In 1823, while scouting food for the men he was traveling with, he accidentally comes upon a bear who mauls him, while trying to protect her cubs. Glass is next to death. The company tries to carry him, as they continue their travels to the Fort, but find that this is not working so decide to leave him, to prevent their possible detection by the local rampaging Indians....more

I have no idea why this was supposed to be so awesome. I liked it but it was a firm '3 star' like, not a 'holy shit that was so awesome' like. Maybe the film will enlighten me.

Apr 24, 2016LeAnne: GeezerMom rated it it was amazing

Well, after just digesting a group read set in the Civil War, you'd think I'd be sick of hanging out in the 1800s. Nope! Incredibly, I've been happily glued to The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge, set in 1823. Yes, this is the book on which the Leonardo DiCaprio movie was based, but I didn't let that stop me. If you've seen the trailers or glimpsed the book jacket, none of the below will be a big spoiler - although there are things in the book ignored by the movie and of course, Hollywood's heroism...more

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Michael Punke is a writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney and currently the Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He is best known for writing The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge (2002), which was adapted into film as The Revenant (2015), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with a scre...more

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Based on a true incident of heroism in the history of the American West, this debut by a Washington, D.C., international trade attorney and former bureaucrat in the Clinton administration is an almost painfully gripping drama. A Philadelphia-born adventurer, frontiersman Hugh Glass goes to sea at age 16 and enjoys a charmed life, including several years under the flag of the pirate Jean Lafitte and almost a year as a prisoner of the Loup Pawnee Indians on the plains between the Platte and the Arkansas rivers. In 1822, at age 36, Glass escapes, finds his way to St. Louis and enters the employ of Capt. Andrew Henry, trapping along tributaries of the Missouri River. After surviving months of hardship and Indian attack, he falls victim to a grizzly bear. His throat nearly ripped out, scalp hanging loose and deep slashing wounds to his back, shoulder and thigh, Glass appears to be mortally wounded. Initially, Captain Henry refuses to abandon him and has him carried along the Grand River. Unfortunately, the terrain soon makes transporting Glass impossible. Even though his death seems certain, Henry details two men, a fugitive mercenary, John Fitzgerald, and young Jim Bridger (who lived to become a frontier hero) to stand watch and bury him. After several days, Fitzgerald sights hostile Indians. Taking Glass's rifle and tossing Bridger his knife, Fitzgerald flees with Bridget, leaving Glass. Enraged at being left alone and defenseless, Glass survives against all odds and embarks on a 3,000-mile-long vengeful pursuit of his ignominious betrayers. Told in simple expository language, this is a spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution. Agent, Tina Bennett, Janklow & Nesbitt.(July)

Forecast:Punke's novel is already slated to become a Warner Bros. movie, which could mean big sales down the line.

Reviewed on: 05/06/2002
Release date: 06/01/2002
Genre: Fiction

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