The Hike

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From 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 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 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 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 Desperate to return to his family, Ben is determined to track down the Producer, the creator of the world in which he is being held hostage and the only one who can free him from the path At once bitingly funny and emotionally absorbing, Magary s novel is a remarkably unique addition to the contemporary fantasy genre, one that draws as easily from the world of classic folk tales as it does from video games In The Hike, Magary takes readers on a daring odyssey away from our day to day grind and transports them into an enthralling world propelled by heart, imagination, and survival. New Read Kindle ePUB The Hike Author Drew Magary – kino-fada.fr I heard a few rumblings about The Hike from people I trust so I ignored the blurb that made it sound like not really my thing A man who ll do anything to return to his family Snooze No offense to the marketing team of this book but you should avoid reading the summary Completely Here is what you need to know about this book you never know what will happen next It is very hard to pull off any kind of story where the entire plot is built on doing things the reader does not expect Because I heard a few rumblings about The Hike from people I trust so I ignored the blurb that made it sound like not really my thing A man who ll do anything to return to his family Snooze No offense to the marketing team of this...4ish stars More than a week later and I m still trying to figure what exactly I read here Here s what I know 1 It was pretty funny Laugh out loud in a couple spots and I m not a laugh out louder laugher out loud 2 It was pretty weird Talking crabs and sexy giantesses are among the best supporting characters and I still don t know why they had to be crabs and giantesses Kind of felt like Magary was just making up weird, random stuff as he was going along Hmm let s throw in a talki 4ish stars More than a week later and I m still trying to figure what exactly I read here Here s what I know 1 It was pretty funny Laugh out loud in a couple spots and I m not a laugh out louder laugher out loud 2 It was pretty weird Talking crabs and sexy giantesses are among the best supporting characters and I still don t know why they had to be crabs and giantesses Kind of felt like Magary was just making up weird, random stuff as he was going along Hmm let s throw in a talking crab cuz why not Now that I think about it, those are the only two things I...This was quite possibly the weirdest shit I ve ever read.Amazing If any of you are looking for a pure adventure of unrivaled creativity and depth transformed from utter normality to strangeness and then topped off with a great ethical and moral conclusion topped off at the end, delivered with a really strong emotional punch to the gut, then look no further.The hike feels, at ...Drew Magary s The Hike was sometimes interesting and quirky, often in the beginning a bit nightmarish That said, nothing really felt connected to me Clearly, The Hike is meant to be episodic, a protagonist struggling against the strange circumstances he s been tossed into in his attempt to find his...What on earth did I just read This book was awesome in it s sheer weirdness Highly recommended for getting someone out of a book rut or if you re up for something a little different A mind altering bildun...4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum best description I can come up with for my mind bending experience I had with this book can be summed up in the words of Jerry Garcia What a long, strange trip it s been I had initially agreed to review The Hike with no small amount of trepidation, fearing that it might be too weird for my tastes Can you blame me, though I don t even how I ll do my usual novel summary for this review, because pretty sure anythi 4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum best description I can come up with for my mind bending experience I had with this book can be summed up in the words of Jerry Garcia What a long, strange trip it s been I had initially agreed to review The Hike with no small amount of trepidation, fearing that it might be too weird for my tastes Can you blame me, though I don t even how I ll do my usual novel summary for this review, because pretty sure anything I say will sound like the mad ramblings of someone on a bad aci...For what this was and I don t really know what it was it was good Fantasy or Sci Fi, not really Horror, kinda but nope Humor, yeah but no Adventure, definitely Every single chapter was a surprise, a twist, craziness Like if David Wong wrote Pilgrim s Progressor Alice in Won...1.5 stars since I did read the whole thing, instead of abandoning it, which I strongly considered several times That was a long under 300 pages story I was bored by page 60 or so, but kept reading, hoping I d be entertained Nope The best paragraph in th...

The Hike
  • English
  • 16 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 278 pages
  • 0399563857
  • Drew Magary
  • The Hike