A review by fdallachy
The Hike by Drew Magary

funny mysterious fast-paced

2.5

Dear American authors/screenwriters, please stop re-writing 'The Odyssey' but making it a thinly-veiled allegory for life, or repentance, or both. This variant gains some points for going the extra mile to be surreal, and for having some genuinely funny dialogue. It has a heart though it's a bit meat-headed in places; my psychic powers tell me that the author thought the Hangover movies were really funny and that they had posters of Leaving Las Vegas and/or American Psycho on their college dorm walls. All the same - and despite my cynicism - I did enjoy it as a quick, light read.