Wyatt Smith reviewed The Wild by Owen Laukkanen
Couldn't finish it
2 stars
Disclaimer: I could only make it through 20% of the book.
I'm not trying to be overly harsh, but this book felt like it was written for children, but clearly had themes not meant for children. For example, the first "chapter" was filled with simple sentences like "Dawn didn't like her step father. Dawn lived with her drug-dealer boyfriend. Dawn's mom didn't like that".
As the story continues, there are too many ridiculous events and characters for me to take it seriously. As someone familiar with the outdoors, there is so little that makes sense throughout the story.
