heather_harrison's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.75
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins for this digital arc of The Hike.
Prologue has a bit jarring but set the tone.
The story follows Three four girlfriends taking a change in their annual girls trip, and instead taking a hiking trip in Norway. The characters are relatively well fleshed out. We have Liz - the organizer of said trip, Type A personality and GP. This lady is obsessed with the power of a good walk.
Helena is the single, career focused of the friendship group in their 30s. Oh god are we really going to the do the “unfulfilled single and childless woman with a career in her 30s who now needs a baby” trope?
Maggie, who probably feels the least detailed outside of her being divorced and a mother. She gives off hypochondriac vibes almost immediately but you can’t help but love her (like Melman from Madagascar)
Finally we have our late joiner to the trip, Jonie the burnt out rockstar. Girl has some serious mental health and addiction issues
I enjoyed the multiple POVs, as it was a good way to get snips of information gradually through the story.
Last point, the “In true life?” seems like a blatant rip from bluey “for real life?” and I’m conflicted how I feel on it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Drug use, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Self harm
missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition
3.5
A solid 3.5. It didn’t become a page-turner that I expect from most mysteries/thrillers until the 75% mark.
At times, the writing style made it hard to distinguish between any of the women except for Joni, especially in the beginning. I also noticed the frequent use of very specific words such as “sluice” which took me out of the story a bit.
It took me awhile to piece together the different storylines, but I thought it was clever and done well. A bit too much exposition in the beginning, but once you get past that the storyline does pick up. I did empathize with Joni, but I was still annoyed at her most of the time. I was not expecting the ending and my jaw dropped.
I would recommend this book to mystery fans and especially to those looking to get into the genre.
At times, the writing style made it hard to distinguish between any of the women except for Joni, especially in the beginning. I also noticed the frequent use of very specific words such as “sluice” which took me out of the story a bit.
It took me awhile to piece together the different storylines, but I thought it was clever and done well. A bit too much exposition in the beginning, but once you get past that the storyline does pick up. I did empathize with Joni, but I was still annoyed at her most of the time. I was not expecting the ending and my jaw dropped.
I would recommend this book to mystery fans and especially to those looking to get into the genre.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy and Grief
eperetz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.75
This book was incredible, I highly recommend it. It was tense and intriguing enough without actually setting me on edge or making me jumpy like some other thriller/murder mysteries. I found the characters to be fascinating and multifaceted in a way that gave them a lot of life and invested me further into the plot. Great book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Pregnancy and Grief
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