I thought this book sounded right up my alley. I love a story that involves hikers in the woods and the threat of impending danger. However, the sentence choices were at times very, very odd, and they only served to pluck me right out of the story.
"Due to the ascent, today’s hike would be more physically challenging, but tomorrow’s mileage would be more than double. In the morning, they would head into the Misty Rock Wilderness, which sounded like a location on a Tolkien map, and then eat lunch at Burnt Balsam Knob, which sounded like a penis that had been caught in a forest fire."
"Neena was grateful they subscribed to the same philosophy regarding privacy. While they didn’t mind peeing beside each other in public stalls, neither wanted to be seen with her pants down. Their philosophies split, however, when it came to products. Though a real pad was far superior to folded toilet paper, Neena still felt as if she were wearing an adult diaper. But Josie’s periods were lighter, and Neena knew tampons were uncomfortable for her—Josie said it was like hard-packing her vagina with dry cotton balls."
And the pacing overall felt much too slow for a thriller. I felt the author spent too much time on tedious (and at times superfluous) background information of the two characters. Perhaps those portions could have been edited down a bit to help accelerate the pace and create more excitement and suspense .
"Due to the ascent, today’s hike would be more physically challenging, but tomorrow’s mileage would be more than double. In the morning, they would head into the Misty Rock Wilderness, which sounded like a location on a Tolkien map, and then eat lunch at Burnt Balsam Knob, which sounded like a penis that had been caught in a forest fire."
"Neena was grateful they subscribed to the same philosophy regarding privacy. While they didn’t mind peeing beside each other in public stalls, neither wanted to be seen with her pants down. Their philosophies split, however, when it came to products. Though a real pad was far superior to folded toilet paper, Neena still felt as if she were wearing an adult diaper. But Josie’s periods were lighter, and Neena knew tampons were uncomfortable for her—Josie said it was like hard-packing her vagina with dry cotton balls."
And the pacing overall felt much too slow for a thriller. I felt the author spent too much time on tedious (and at times superfluous) background information of the two characters. Perhaps those portions could have been edited down a bit to help accelerate the pace and create more excitement and suspense .