But in this novel, it seems to be either Ben’s dumb luck or The Path’s rule that as long as he stays on said path, he won’t die and it’ll eventually gets him to the next stage. The metaphor of “The Path” isn’t lost on me, but the mechanism makes the whole novel feel like one of those video games where you have to pick up object a, break it with object b, pour object c on object d and climb the invisible rope behind the hidden bookcase to get to the next screen. There are giant insects, the aforementioned man-eating giant, dwarf battles, demons, delusions and all sorts of rando magic. Otherwise, it’s basically the author trying to figure out new and weirder ways to torture Ben. He is the only “funny” part of the novel.
Needless to say, he ends up meeting a talking crab who talks a lot of shit. There is very little rhyme or reason to what happens to him along that path, but maybe that’s the point. A path that leads him on all sorts of surreal adventures. He goes for a hike before dinner and finds himself on a path that he can’t leave. Instead it’s a tale about a regular family dude named Ben who travels from Maryland to a mountain retreat in Pennsylvania for a work thing. Which makes it sound like it’s Jack and the Beanstalk, which it isn’t. Nope, it’s like a straight-up fantasy novel with giants and magic beans and shit. I wasn’t full of hi-jinx or wacky characters and slick dialogue. But the novel was nothing like that at all. But, in retrospect, I think it’s mostly because I understood there was some humor in this novel and, like most of Haissan’s novels, has a water-living creature on the cover. Even though I’ve never actually read a Carl Haissan book. I thought it was going to be like a Carl Hiaasen book. ?On a quest of epic, life-or-death proportions, Ben finds help comes in some of the most unexpected forms, including a profane crustacean and a variety of magical objects, tools, and potions.I gotta say that I didn’t quite know what I was getting myself into with The Hike.
With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects.
Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. Read Or Download The Hike By Drew Magary Full Pages.įrom the author of The Postmortal, a fantasy saga unlike any you?ve read before, weaving elements of folk tale and video game into a riveting, unforgettable adventure of what a man will endure to return to his family? When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike.
0 kommentar(er)
