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Wilderness Within
Wilderness Within | John Claude Smith
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The forest is alive.While visiting fellow writer, Frank Harlan Marshall, Derek Gray senses a palpable dread within Frank's house and the forest that surrounds it; a subtle, malignant sentience. What should be a joyous event, as they await the surprise arrival of a long-lost friend, comedian "Dizzy Izzy" Haberstein, is fraught with unease Derek does not understand.Derek's confusion is upended by the chance meeting with musician Alethea, formerly of Dark Angel Asylum, a band that dropped out of sight once the leader, Aleister Blut, ended up in an insane asylum. As their relationship blossoms, Derek's disorientation at the hands of the forest manifests as his world turns sideways...and one of Frank's fictional creations--a murderous monster named Average Joe--gains foothold in the surreal, psychological terrain.As the worlds of reality and fantasy meld, what transpires bounds from deeply profound to pure madness.
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khooliha
Wilderness Within | John Claude Smith
Mehso-so

This is some reeeaaaal Weed Dad horror.

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khooliha
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I really want to get through this book and move on, but, like... A man fucked amd then violently turned into a tree? And it was not as interesting as one would hope?

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khooliha
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Ohhhh boooooy, so excited for this homophobic stand up comedian to show up in the story...

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khooliha
Wilderness Within | John Claude Smith

What do you do when you set a book goal for yourself and fall woefully behind? When I signed up for the Nocturnal Reader's Box I promised myself that I would keep up with the flow of books. I have failed literally every month, the problem of too many books. What does one do in this situation? Renew the vow, start over with the next? Abandon it entirely?

khooliha Anyway, I'm 15 pages into this one. Fifteen pages closer to that original goal! 6y
melissa.drake SAME. I DNF'd this one after about 15 pages 🤷 6y
khooliha @melissa.drake It was pretty bad! I only kept at it because of how short it was. 6y
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LauraJ
Wilderness Within | John Claude Smith
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Mehso-so

Nah. I think the main character is a version of the author. We‘ve read the same books, listened to the same music and seen the same movies. I get what‘s going on with story. I‘ve been surrounded by men like the main characters since the 80‘s. This is the kind of stuff they talk about when they want to sound cool. This would make a killer short story. As it is, there‘s definitely an audience for this book, it‘s just not me.
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LauraBeth Abby looks like she never does anything bad 😻 6y
LauraJ @LauraBeth She‘s very smart about the bad things she does...all day in the name of revenge. 6y
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