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abomine's review
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
This book gets exactly half a star for the story's potential as a thriller/psychological horror about a conceited protagonist who slowly loses his sanity to drugs, quasi-spiritualism, and hubris, abandoning his friends, responsibilities, and loved ones for the sake of his furry fantasy "enlightenment". The guy literally does LSD, dresses up as a wild sheep in the mountains, pursued by wolves that are ham-fistedly meant to represent his long-suffering "clingy" wife, and jumps into a volcano which he refers to as "Animus". And that last part is not even a spoiler. That's chapter 1.
Unfortunately, Wild Animus is not written that way. Instead, this book is intended to be a powerful, emotional, and psychological adventure about a modern shaman who discovers that the secret of Life, the Universe, and Everything was in his heart all along.
Gag me.
Unfortunately, Wild Animus is not written that way. Instead, this book is intended to be a powerful, emotional, and psychological adventure about a modern shaman who discovers that the secret of Life, the Universe, and Everything was in his heart all along.
Gag me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
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