Reviews

The Hike by Lucy Clarke

ellenadkins's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Quite a few unexpected twists 
However ended up quite irritated with characters such as Helena 

abercrombie1986's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Set in the mountains of Norway, the setting becomes a secondary character framing the plot and actions of the characters.  I did guess a little where this one was heading, but no one could have prepared me for some of those twists.  

While the suspense is the draw in this one, it also focuses on friendship and how we view ourselves as our lives progress.  

Throughout the book there are chapters on a search for a missing character, but the reader is not privy to who is missing.  I was always looking for clues to figure out where this was going and see if I could figure out who was missing and what happened.  

nicolac's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

disturbedtwistedtales's review against another edition

5.0

Thank you Lucy, @netgalley and @harpercollinsuk for my ARC copy in exchange for an honest review ...

I am going to do my best to review without giving too much away as I believe you should go in blind with this story!

I will start by saying I absolutely LOVED this!! Lucy has a way of making you constantly change the way you think .... One minute you think you have it figured out then .... Bam ... Something happens and you're like ohhh maybe not.... but then again ... I was going round in circles at one point with it

jessielikestoread's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

deebug09's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

april241's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

chloew94's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

whatsjessreading's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

emclarke's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The book was ok but I did see the conclusion coming and the overall message is kinda gross -

Spoiler

that the single childfree woman is the expendable one for the plot and of course the woman who had previously not wanted kids ended up with one after all

 

Formulaic and obvious, and reeks of internalised misogyny to me.