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3.01 AVERAGE
3.01 AVERAGE
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First half is a predictable but serviceable teen-on-cusp-of-adulthood drama. Halfway through, it switched to a clichéd hillbilly horror slasher. You could almost cut the book in half and never need or realize there’s been another half. From start to finish, not very believable, though that gets worse as we go along. Listened to audiobook or likely wouldn’t have finished. 2 stars for the “serviceable” part.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After reading this I really understand (even further) why women choose a bear instead of a man:(
This book deserves 5⭐️ for the messages it includes, so relevant and important yet equally horrible to read about in this detail!
But I just have to say this was really poorly executed 🙃
There is a good writer somewhere in Sarah Perkins but wow does the pace and flow of this book limit that - also a text book example of telling not showing😔
This book deserves 5⭐️ for the messages it includes, so relevant and important yet equally horrible to read about in this detail!
But I just have to say this was really poorly executed 🙃
There is a good writer somewhere in Sarah Perkins but wow does the pace and flow of this book limit that - also a text book example of telling not showing😔
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This read like a low budget straight to TV horror flick. Anyone who has ever done any camping / backpacking will scream through the initial chapters - jeans, camp chairs, food in mason jars?!?! After I got past the girls terrible decisions and just took the book for what it was, it was actually semi-enjoyable and a quick read.
I think the book idea was very intriguing and interesting. And while i enjoyed reading the book i feel as if the second half was a bit more rushed in the action than it needed to be and the first half nothing interesting really happed apart from the girls arguing with each other. And when the girls were together the character focus would shift and that's not something i really like i prefer different character pov focus in different chapters. And the ending i feel like could be better if we could see what they were like after they escaped the killers. i still enjoyed reading this but i fell it could be improved in different ways to make the story much better.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Edit: the longer it’s been the more I hated this book. Came back to change it from a 2 to a 1 star rating because I finished it but hated every second
It is absolutely insane to me that this could be labeled as a young adult book.
There are two full chapters talking about a man<masterbating over an injured girl> and so many mentions <rape and sexual violence including necrophilia>of aimed towards the two main girls. Add a necrophilia warning. The description of gore alone is rough to get through. I LOVED Stephanie Perkins’ other novel There’s Someone Inside Your House but let me tell you this is not it. The characters were not lovable, the content was graphic, and the ending felt rushed. Loved the concept of the story but poorly executed.
It is absolutely insane to me that this could be labeled as a young adult book.
There are two full chapters talking about a man<masterbating over an injured girl> and so many mentions <rape and sexual violence including necrophilia>of aimed towards the two main girls. Add a necrophilia warning. The description of gore alone is rough to get through. I LOVED Stephanie Perkins’ other novel There’s Someone Inside Your House but let me tell you this is not it. The characters were not lovable, the content was graphic, and the ending felt rushed. Loved the concept of the story but poorly executed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism
It is absolutely insane to me that this could be labeled as a young adult book.
There are two full chapters talking about a man and so many mentions of aimed towards the two main girls.
Adding a necrophilia warning.
The description of gore alone is rough to get through.
I LOVED Stephanie Perkins’ other novel There’s Someone Inside Your House but let me tell you this is not it. The characters were not lovable, the content was graphic, and the ending felt rushed. Loved the concept of the story but poorly executed.
While the knowledge of the trail and trivia about this part of Western NC is accurate to the point of being almost encyclopedic, the portrayal of the locals as either violent idiotic hillbillies or helpless diverse victims is an outdated and inaccurate view of the South.
This book also contains one of the most bizarre and blatant deus ex machina's I've ever seen, when the two main characters who have done nothing but argue and fail to camp effectively on a relatively easy and highly trafficked trail, are suddenly saved by a bear?
This book also contains one of the most bizarre and blatant deus ex machina's I've ever seen, when the two main characters who have done nothing but argue and fail to camp effectively on a relatively easy and highly trafficked trail, are suddenly saved by a bear?
In a different way than the haunting of hill house, this audiobook also made me want to claw my eyes out. These two characters were so rough (18 year old characters are) and when her hand was cut off I so didn’t care (this is terrible I am aware). No part of me needed them to escape the woods LOL