![]() He is an unwitting imbecile being prodded forward by fate, quick to notice his own suffering and loud at expressing it. This is the kind of book where once you read those fated two words, “THE END,” you don’t stare at them and ponder what they entail instead you slam the book closed, because you know in your heart that everything that needs to be said has been said.īen is the perfect character for the reader to discover themselves as: imperfect, lazy, cynical, crude, and deeply hilarious. The inertia of the narrative is constantly on edge not just pulling the reader through the story, but doing so at such a rapid speed that you’ll quickly lose track of page numbers. The novel presents a complete adventure, from start to finish, which takes Ben across an ever-changing landscape of trials, each one more mind-bending than the last. As he gets more lost, we delve deeper into who he is as person and the memories past, which have shaped him, and in fact, have shaped his current predicament. ![]() The book opens with Ben who, upon a whim, decides to take a hike in the Poconos and somehow gets lost in a parallel universe, or a dream, or a coma part of the intrigue of the story is the mystery surrounding what precise circumstance has Ben experiencing this metaphysical world. ![]() ![]() The Hike by Drew Magary is a cynical mindfuck of a page-turner, which begs the question: Is it possible to have a more complete understanding of a person after being separated for more than a decade? ![]()
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