![]() ![]() Quality: 5–Hard to imagine it being a better written fantasy. The title of this novel offers an understatement of Ben’s experiences, and plays into the tongue-and-cheekiness of the whole tale. ![]() He was believable, particularly in his ordinariness. Ben was a fun, every-man sort of character who gets sucked into this world completely by accident. There are elements of video games, Kafka-esque surrealness, and the whimsy of Wonderland and Narnia. Ben seems to accept that the best thing for him to do is STAY ON THE PATH. The creatures are completely implausible, and yet it’s best to just accept that this is how the story flows. The Hike is like if Alice from Wonderland was a dad, trapped in this other dimension in the Pennsylvania woods. ![]() But as long as Ben sticks to the path, he should be able to make it out alive, right? This is a playful story about Ben, a suburban dad, who on a routine business trip goes for a walk in the woods outside of his rural Pennsylvania hotel, and stumbles into another world full of terrifying creatures willing to do him harm. $26.00/ CAN $35.00 (hardback)Īdditional formats: eBook audiobook MP3 CDīen goes for a walk in the woods. ![]() Publisher & date of publication: VIKING, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2016 ![]()
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