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The Trail in the Woods
The story begins at an abandoned overgrown trail with the scary name of 'The Devils Tail'. The trail lies a few miles southeast of Portland Oregon. The trail has been around for several years and has many frightening rumors associated with it about why people disappeared while hiking the trail. Two childhood friends get together and chat about the trail. One of the friends, Janet Johnson, an experienced hiker wants to hike the trail and the other Bob Wild is terrified of the trail and doesn't want to hike it. Bob tells Janet that the reason he is doesn't want to hike it is because people who hiked the trail never came back. Janet thinks this is silly and just rumors. She finally convinces Bob to reluctantly go with her on the trail. The two of them set out on a thrilling and frightening adventure of a lifetime. What they encounter changes their lives forever. The hike encompasses the interactions of people from two different worlds and the meeting of a Charles Manson type leader who thinks he is God.
427 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 14, 2018
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August 5, 2018
First sentence: “Where does that supposedly scary trail go?” Janet Johnson asked her long-time childhood friend, Robert Wild, and snickered slightly as she pointed at the overgrown barely visible path that vanished just in front of them.
About the story: The Devil’s Tail is an overgrown trail, lying a few miles southeast of Portland, Oregon. Rumors had it that two people once hiked the trail, never to be seen, or heard from again. When childhood friends, Janet and Bob, decide to hike the trail, they embark on a thrilling and frightening adventure of a lifetime.
My thoughts: The Trail in the Woods held a lot of promise. It was an interesting premise; however, my thoughts wavered a bit as I read. I think it was because the book is in need of a good editing. The first sentence alone had me stumbling. There were sentences I felt could have either been omitted or tweaked in order to make the reading that much smoother.
The dialogue tended to fall flat, and I didn’t really connect with any of the characters. There was too much showing rather than telling within the narrative and the dialogue.
As I kept reading, my interest did grow to find out how the story would end, and found it certainly was a different way to end things.
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About the story: The Devil’s Tail is an overgrown trail, lying a few miles southeast of Portland, Oregon. Rumors had it that two people once hiked the trail, never to be seen, or heard from again. When childhood friends, Janet and Bob, decide to hike the trail, they embark on a thrilling and frightening adventure of a lifetime.
My thoughts: The Trail in the Woods held a lot of promise. It was an interesting premise; however, my thoughts wavered a bit as I read. I think it was because the book is in need of a good editing. The first sentence alone had me stumbling. There were sentences I felt could have either been omitted or tweaked in order to make the reading that much smoother.
The dialogue tended to fall flat, and I didn’t really connect with any of the characters. There was too much showing rather than telling within the narrative and the dialogue.
As I kept reading, my interest did grow to find out how the story would end, and found it certainly was a different way to end things.
*For more reviews, visit: https://angelakaysbooks.com/book-revi...*
April 6, 2019
Gripping! Couldn't put it down
The first bit was slow to get into, but that's not unusual when picking up a new book. I was quickly captivated by the intriguing scifi story line which had haunting hints of horror, romance, and comical relief as well. Although the wording is repetitive at times, the characters and plot are well developed and it was an all around enjoyable read.
The first bit was slow to get into, but that's not unusual when picking up a new book. I was quickly captivated by the intriguing scifi story line which had haunting hints of horror, romance, and comical relief as well. Although the wording is repetitive at times, the characters and plot are well developed and it was an all around enjoyable read.
August 5, 2019
The story was very interesting. It was the writing style that caused me to only do 2 stars.
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