On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror.

To be honest I didn’t know a lot of about this book before going into it. And that turned out to be the best thing for me.

The plot here isn’t a horror but rather a thriller about a child being lost in the woods for long time. The plot is for sure eerie because the thought of a child being lost woods is really scary.

This book made me realise that I would be fucked if I was lost in the woods. I have no survival skills and I wouldn’t know what to do if I was lost in the woods other than have a full on panic attack.

The main character in this book is probably the worst character ever written by Stephen King. Her thoughts never felt like the thoughts of a nine-year-old but rather as an old veteran of camping.

The side characters here, were gone for the most of the time so I didn’t even have a chance to really pin point them or have a lot of thoughts about them other than if I like them or not. And let me tell you that I didn’t like them.

The writing style didn’t go well with me. Because it felt like Stephen King was trying way too hard to rebrand to a different genre than of the horror.

Overall I had expectations for this book because it was written by my favourite author of all time. But it didn’t live up to any of them. 

I found this book boring and uninterested. This book didn’t go well with me. But there were moments which I liked. But these moments were very rare. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5