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A review by meganchristine
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
3.0
I wasn't totally sure how I would feel about this book. Right off the bat I was in love! I mean a medium, a missing girl, a cult, and a strange disease? COUNT ME IN! However, once the second section started... I was afraid the story was going to stall out, which it did in certain parts. However, every time I was about to DNF the book... it got good.
A History of Wild Places starts off with a medium named Travis. Travis has the gift of seeing people's memories by simply touching an object owned by them. He has recently retired from using this gift to help find missing people. But when a friend requests him to help find a young author... he feels like he has to do something! Maggie, a young woman who has been missing for years, was known for her cryptic children's stories about a monster in the woods. It seems her books have more truth to them than anyone could have expected, because Maggie has disappeared into those very woods. Never to be seen again... just like her stories! When Travis ventures into these woods... he came across a secluded little "village" that seems to be habited by a cult. Will he be able to find Maggie.... or will the cult get to him first?
Quick suggestion.... take a shot every time the word "disease" or "rot" is said in this story! HONESTLY! This was one of my problems with the story... the Rot was just so strange and not realistic! I can't picture anyone actually believing that this tiny little fence was protecting them from something so "deadly". Also, the descriptions in this book were just too much! It became overwhelming listening to Bee explain what she was feeling, hearing, thinking, or even smelling! IDK, I just think that the story could have gone without all of that. Lastly, can we talk about the ending? I mean I understand the decision... but COME ON! REALLY?!
Ultimately, yes... I would read this book! Give it a shot! BUT when you want to DNF it halfway through... DONT! Just get threw it! The ending gets interesting!
A History of Wild Places starts off with a medium named Travis. Travis has the gift of seeing people's memories by simply touching an object owned by them. He has recently retired from using this gift to help find missing people. But when a friend requests him to help find a young author... he feels like he has to do something! Maggie, a young woman who has been missing for years, was known for her cryptic children's stories about a monster in the woods. It seems her books have more truth to them than anyone could have expected, because Maggie has disappeared into those very woods. Never to be seen again... just like her stories! When Travis ventures into these woods... he came across a secluded little "village" that seems to be habited by a cult. Will he be able to find Maggie.... or will the cult get to him first?
Quick suggestion.... take a shot every time the word "disease" or "rot" is said in this story! HONESTLY! This was one of my problems with the story... the Rot was just so strange and not realistic! I can't picture anyone actually believing that this tiny little fence was protecting them from something so "deadly". Also, the descriptions in this book were just too much! It became overwhelming listening to Bee explain what she was feeling, hearing, thinking, or even smelling! IDK, I just think that the story could have gone without all of that. Lastly, can we talk about the ending? I mean I understand the decision... but COME ON! REALLY?!
Ultimately, yes... I would read this book! Give it a shot! BUT when you want to DNF it halfway through... DONT! Just get threw it! The ending gets interesting!