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tome_reader_alu 's review for:
The Hike
by Drew Magary
I'm very torn on this book. I would describe the story as very Alice in Wonderland-ish, only more modern, a male lead and written for adults.
The premise was interesting. I genuinely found the story funny where it was meant to be and I liked all of the side characters a little bit more than the main character, Ben. Overall though, I got a little bored of the story after a bit. It was one extremely weird thing after another all with extremely weird solutions that Ben would just happen to have or be able to figure out. I understand that was more or less the point, but after a while, I realized there was no real sense of urgency, no worry of loss. I stopped really caring about him. I was also not too fond of the way everything ended.
I did really enjoy the narrator for this book. The voices for each character were great and he had good energy through the whole story.
This wasn't a terrible book, and definitely worth a read, but I didn't leave it feeling like I got something from the story.
The premise was interesting. I genuinely found the story funny where it was meant to be and I liked all of the side characters a little bit more than the main character, Ben. Overall though, I got a little bored of the story after a bit. It was one extremely weird thing after another all with extremely weird solutions that Ben would just happen to have or be able to figure out. I understand that was more or less the point, but after a while, I realized there was no real sense of urgency, no worry of loss. I stopped really caring about him. I was also not too fond of the way everything ended.
I did really enjoy the narrator for this book. The voices for each character were great and he had good energy through the whole story.
This wasn't a terrible book, and definitely worth a read, but I didn't leave it feeling like I got something from the story.