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alana99's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
naaaaaaaaat's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
miiiiiiight wanna live in the jungle now 🤷🏼♀️
citizen_noir's review
2.0
I read this on the basis of a NYT Book Review podcast about great summer beach reads. WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS!!! This was a total, insufferable disappointment. White woman (troubled, so I guess it’s more okay) goes into the Bolivian jungle with her native boyfriend, discovers she’s actually a shaman of some sort, learns all of the survivalist jungle tricks, and ends up saving the village from evil poachers. Huh??? This would be laughable if it wasn’t so pathetic. I’m amused that this is so highly rated on Goodreads. What a piece of... silliness.
tennisgirl27's review against another edition
4.0
I very much enjoyed this fantastic jungle adventure book. The main character leaves her life behind to follow her boyfriend back to his jungle tribe to live. The book details the destruction of the Amazon rain forest, the tribal culture and all the creepy crawly jungle creatures you can imagine. A great read 4.5/5
spcoleman's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book! I don’t think I’d call it a thriller but don’t know what I’d call it instead, at the root of it all it is a love story. It made my animal loving heart hurt a couple times but felt like I was transported into the jungle while reading.
hsrudolph's review
3.0
In 2013, I spent 3 nights at a 5 star eco-lodge in the rain forest in Peru, an hour boat ride from Puerto Maldonado. I never imagined air could feel so oppressive (and I grew up in south Florida); the nighttime sounds from the surrounding jungle seemed like they were being pumped into our “hut” via top quality sound speakers. And the bugs. Ugh. Although this trip was way outside of my comfort zone (l am NOT outdoorsy; if only they had an air conditioned space you could go to repose, even briefly, but as it was there was only electricity for a short while in the morning and then again in the evening, so that you slept sweltering under your mosquito netting while your ceiling fan sat idle above you), it was an incredible, unforgettable adventure. However, I cannot even imagine enduring even one night of the absolute raw jungle experience depicted in this story.
Lily, a 19 year old American raised in a series of foster and group homes in Boston, seeks adventure and ends up in a small town in Bolivia, where she meets Omar, an Amazonian, and within a few short weeks they are madly in love and she decides to accompany him when he must return to his tiny jungle village after learning that his nephew was killed by a jaguar. The author did a wonderful job depicting the beauty and the perils of the jungle and portraying both the incredibly arduous life of the villagers and the beautiful sense of community and their love of and respect for the jungle. The loss of innocence of the natives and the threat to their way of life at the hands of the greedy white man was weaved Into the story as a sad reality. Parts of the story got a bit far fetched but for the most part, this was a satisfying telling of an adventure I would never want to have.
Lily, a 19 year old American raised in a series of foster and group homes in Boston, seeks adventure and ends up in a small town in Bolivia, where she meets Omar, an Amazonian, and within a few short weeks they are madly in love and she decides to accompany him when he must return to his tiny jungle village after learning that his nephew was killed by a jaguar. The author did a wonderful job depicting the beauty and the perils of the jungle and portraying both the incredibly arduous life of the villagers and the beautiful sense of community and their love of and respect for the jungle. The loss of innocence of the natives and the threat to their way of life at the hands of the greedy white man was weaved Into the story as a sad reality. Parts of the story got a bit far fetched but for the most part, this was a satisfying telling of an adventure I would never want to have.
bookishlifeofbrie's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Just wow. So intense. So good. One of the better books I've read in a really long time.
jennrobyn's review
4.0
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madi_mairee's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars rounded up to 3.
I went into this book expecting a crazy thriller set in the jungle. Let me warn you now, that’s not really accurate. The thriller elements are the last 20%, the rest is just an adventure story.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad adventure. Lily Bushwold is young, in love and ready to take on the jungle to prove it. Into the Jungle gives you nightmarishly large spiders, electric eels, shamans and the indigenous tribes trying to hold onto their way of life.
If you’re looking for a jungle adventure, this is 100% for you. The descriptions of the jungle are gorgeous and vivid. I was just waiting for the thriller the whole time, so it was a bit of a disappointment.
I went into this book expecting a crazy thriller set in the jungle. Let me warn you now, that’s not really accurate. The thriller elements are the last 20%, the rest is just an adventure story.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad adventure. Lily Bushwold is young, in love and ready to take on the jungle to prove it. Into the Jungle gives you nightmarishly large spiders, electric eels, shamans and the indigenous tribes trying to hold onto their way of life.
If you’re looking for a jungle adventure, this is 100% for you. The descriptions of the jungle are gorgeous and vivid. I was just waiting for the thriller the whole time, so it was a bit of a disappointment.