WILD THINGS

by Nick Fuller

It was supposed to be a challenging but otherwise enjoyable trek through Taman Negara. And then people started to die…

260 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2015

About the author

Dr Nick Fuller is a leading obesity researcher in Australia and has been running the clinical research program at the Boden Institute, Charles Perkins Centre in the University of Sydney for the past decade. He has helped hundreds of people on their weight-loss and lifestyle journeys and investigated a broad range of topics including dietary and exercise programs, appetite hormones, commercial programs, complementary and conventional medicines, medical devices, and weight-loss surgery. He completed his doctorate on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of different obesity weight-loss treatments, and has also completed degrees in exercise physiology and nutrition and dietetics.

Reviews

[Odessa F. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Is overall an okay book. I'm a little disappointed with the story. Just a little bit..

*SPOILER*




... because I thought there's more secret than just about the tourists. I suspect s0 since Rahim was a little bit apprehensive. Also the book didn't focus much on Rahim as much as it did on Jasper/Patrick/Hank since I thought he has his own secret apart from being gay and having to lost a person while guiding. I also expected that the grave that Jasper found out Rahim visited would be elaborated more cause I was thinking it's related to the lost person but that's as far as it was on. I also got the impression on the title and book cover that there's dark secret about the jungle but the story was more focused on the tourist.

[Harith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the themes brought by the author: love, family, internal conflicts, betrayal, and endless lies. However, the exciting plots came a bit late. The early part of the book focused too much on the journey without any truly interesting plot points. I yawned a hundred times, tbh.

I loved all the characters and how their roles helped to form a good story. Nevertheless, I was quite disappointed with Rahim’s character. The author should have focused more on him—he had so much potential to make the story even better. For example, he ended up being secretive for no real reason. His character and backstory should have been elaborated further.

[Meow · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is interesting. I'm always curious to find out what will happened next. Definitely a fun to read book.

[Lucas Ong · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super descriptive scenes allows readers to immerse into Taman Negara itself. However the climax came a little late and ended rather abruptly.

[Elisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finished it in one day. which tells you that the story was interesting enough to grab my attention and made me not want to stop reading.
There are lots of adventure and also drama (of the relationship kind, which i found kinda boring but only because I was expecting adventure and horror) and a lot of suspense.
Nick Fuller was really good at describing the surroundings, so he got my heart racing at some points.
I don't want to give spoilers but I also don't want to scare off potential readers that shy away from cerita hantu, so I am just going to say that the lembaga hitam is not what you think. But that did not stop me from having hair raising moments.
Good read!

[Lann · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light reading. The wild things turned out not a thing at all, it's just two lame military persons who followed the group all the way in the thick rainforest.