readswithrosie's review
3.0
Two girls, best friends, soon to be apart for college. One ill-fated camping trip. And then absolute and utter chaos.
Let me tell you- I’m one of those people who doesn’t love the outdoors. In that way, I can highly relate to our main character Neena and Josie. Bears? No way. Cold ground to sleep on? Over my dead body. S’mores? …Oh wait I fricken love s’mores. But man compared to these two MCs I’m a breeze to camp with (I’m sure anyone I know will say otherwise but I digress)
Let me tell you- I’m one of those people who doesn’t love the outdoors. In that way, I can highly relate to our main character Neena and Josie. Bears? No way. Cold ground to sleep on? Over my dead body. S’mores? …Oh wait I fricken love s’mores. But man compared to these two MCs I’m a breeze to camp with (I’m sure anyone I know will say otherwise but I digress)
kaitlinonfire's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I enjoyed the descriptions of thr girls relationship and their attempts at hiking for the first time. The actual plot, climax, and denouement is really unrealistic and uninspired. One dimensional villainy. It was a breeze to read through though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
blank_space_forever's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Gore
kittysaurus's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
annehalliwell's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I did not need to be lectured about victim-blaming, myself.
elizabethcolls_'s review
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
indialivelyy's review
2.0
I’m honestly so disappointed. This book did not deliver. I love Stephanie Perkins so much, but this is not it. At all.
jdalton's review
5.0
I love camping (not hiking/backpacking though), so this was pretty frightening to me. It makes me even more determined to not go backpacking ever again.
danys_reads's review
1.0
I love that *friendship* was what kept them alive despite the fact that they hurled insults at each other the whole time.
Some other awful things about this book:
1. The implication that being abused is a one-way pipeline to becoming a killer.
2. The implication that working class people are stupid, despite the fact that, according to this book, theu've been getting away with murder for YEARS. Yeah, I definitely believed that these two men who have a track record of killing without getting caught would then go down because a teenage girl told one the other said he was stupid.
3. These girls, these fucking girls were AWFUL, and at no point was I convinced they would have gone into the forest for a 3-day trip in the first place.
4. National forests and parks are incredibly popular. When i went camping/hiking in one about 7 or 8 years ago, at the height of August, I saw other campers/hikers at least once per hour.
5. Homegirl breaks her ankle so bad it's described as "dangling" and yet she still manages to 1. Not bleed out for the HOURS she's trapped, 2. Not go into shock, and 3. Catch up with her friend who has hiked for HOURS within the space of what seems like avout 20 minutes.
6. Same homegirl gets her whole hand shot off, same issues as above.
7. Hand is shot off with a shot gun, whilst holding it in front of herself to block her from the shot (shot guns spray so this is even stupider than it sounds)
8. Bear ex machina
9. Homegirls dont understand that damp sticks are bad for a fire, this is something they have to LEARN on the trail (they also don't know that a hot marshmallow is what melts chocolate for a s'more and try to roast chocolate on the fire)
10. A man's penis is described as him holding a big pink worm, and I wont lie to you I did not immediately pick up on the fact she was talking about a dick
11. Sexual assualt stuff that is done for shock value and no other reason.
12. Discussions about murder EVIDENCE like the author just binge watched CSI, which makes even less sense when it's said that one of the men has a thing for necrophilia but we are never shown evidence of condoms, like, DNA is a thing but fine (again this is a shock value statement)
13. It's honestly just really bad horror. There is no atmosphere, no real motive, no backstory, no real reason to care if the characters survive, and kind of knowing they will anyway because apparently footless and handless girl can run an hour long trail in 20 minutes!
Some other awful things about this book:
1. The implication that being abused is a one-way pipeline to becoming a killer.
2. The implication that working class people are stupid, despite the fact that, according to this book, theu've been getting away with murder for YEARS. Yeah, I definitely believed that these two men who have a track record of killing without getting caught would then go down because a teenage girl told one the other said he was stupid.
3. These girls, these fucking girls were AWFUL, and at no point was I convinced they would have gone into the forest for a 3-day trip in the first place.
4. National forests and parks are incredibly popular. When i went camping/hiking in one about 7 or 8 years ago, at the height of August, I saw other campers/hikers at least once per hour.
5. Homegirl breaks her ankle so bad it's described as "dangling" and yet she still manages to 1. Not bleed out for the HOURS she's trapped, 2. Not go into shock, and 3. Catch up with her friend who has hiked for HOURS within the space of what seems like avout 20 minutes.
6. Same homegirl gets her whole hand shot off, same issues as above.
7. Hand is shot off with a shot gun, whilst holding it in front of herself to block her from the shot (shot guns spray so this is even stupider than it sounds)
8. Bear ex machina
9. Homegirls dont understand that damp sticks are bad for a fire, this is something they have to LEARN on the trail (they also don't know that a hot marshmallow is what melts chocolate for a s'more and try to roast chocolate on the fire)
10. A man's penis is described as him holding a big pink worm, and I wont lie to you I did not immediately pick up on the fact she was talking about a dick
11. Sexual assualt stuff that is done for shock value and no other reason.
12. Discussions about murder EVIDENCE like the author just binge watched CSI, which makes even less sense when it's said that one of the men has a thing for necrophilia but we are never shown evidence of condoms, like, DNA is a thing but fine (again this is a shock value statement)
13. It's honestly just really bad horror. There is no atmosphere, no real motive, no backstory, no real reason to care if the characters survive, and kind of knowing they will anyway because apparently footless and handless girl can run an hour long trail in 20 minutes!
czarmorte's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A slow enough start that I nearly couldn't get past how unlikable the two main characters started as. While I did want them to make it out at the end, the book starts with misandrist energy and finishes strongly misandrist. The ending that way makes sense, but the beginning kind of felt a little hit like men hating feminist viewpoints. At lead Josie has a moment where she thinks of all the good men she knows. Wouldn't realky recommend reading this one unless you got time to kill.