Into the Jungle

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And that pretty much sums up the entire book: a series of bad decisions made by a nineteen-year-old who grew up in the U.S. foster care system. Used to stealing and doing whatever else it takes to survive, Lily resorts to working in a run-down hotel in Cochabamba, Bolivia, running with other troubled girls from the U.S. and Europe. Then she falls in insta-love with Omar, a mechanic in his mid-twenties, who grew up in a remote jungle village. After two months, she follows him to his village (because his nephew was killed by a jaguar and only he can avenge the death) and tries to assimilate. Kind of. Really, she just whines about how unfriendly all the women are, while she basically moons around, having sex with her boyfriend. For the first 3/4 of the book, the most exciting thing that happens is that she realizes she's pregnant in the middle of the jungle, hundreds of miles from civilization as she knows it. (This is not a spoiler, because it's revealed in the prologue, which doesn't even fit with the version of events that occur later in the book.) All of this is described in excruciating detail through overwrought prose. a b c d e Galuppo, Mia (21 March 2016). "Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell Join Daniel Radcliffe in Thriller 'Jungle' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016.

Lily had her fairy tale notions about what life in the jungle would be like, even though Omar did his best to dispel them. I love the way Ferencik writes about the jungle and its web of life, a balance of things eating and being eaten. Everything she writes feels credible. Some people may have qualms about a telepathic communication between some of the characters known as ‘shine’ but for me, it fit right into the story. A major character in this novel, the jungle never plays favorites. Omar tells Lily “you stay alive here because you paid attention.” And sometimes even that isn’t enough. This book won't work for everyone because it is different from other thrillers and it is heavy on descriptive details. However, I enjoyed that it was unique and took me to a place I had never been before. While I know that I would never survive through what Lily experienced, I am glad that I was able to feel like I was beside Lily as she learned to survive and become a part of the jungle. I must thank you again for our previous hunting excursion. While I feel my instincts are returning, there is still more I must do. It's been some time since I've hunted in the Jungle! It's been far too long! Come now, let us depart! PLEASE NOTE. Seating allocation in certain areas of the venue may be requested but is at the discretion of the restaurant manager on the day of the event. Lily’s boredom with the drudgery of her work and life in the small Bolivian city comes to an end when she meets Omar, a motorcycle mechanic. Omar is from a small jungle village, Ayachero, where he was a skilled hunter. On learning that his small nephew was killed by a jaguar, he is determined to return home to hunt for the animal. Lily and Omar have fallen in love. Lily insists in accompanying him to his home village. He warns her that she has no experience with jungle life and will find it dangerous. He will protect her but she must follow his directions.

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Lily is reluctant to help with the demanding chores of the village women, but as she starts to cooperate she becomes accepted by the community. She is often lonely, as Omar and the men must journey further away to hunt and so are absent longer. Lily meets an old, outcast woman who is a shaman and believes they can communicate telepathically. We also have a telepathic shaman that Lily may or may not be able to communicate with and a river boat captain named “For God’s Sake” and I’ll leave you to find out the origin of that name. Look down / Are you surrounded by ants, leeches, or other critters? Carefully sweep away some of the leaf litter so you have a clear area beneath your feet; most insects and small animals are deterred from travelling across open ground. You’re right there side-by-side with Lily as she struggles for acceptance by her lovers’ tribe, all the while fighting to survive the living soul of the dark jungle, which is always looking for a way to kill you.

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My nineteen-year-old self may have found Lily’s story terribly romantic and signed up for the trip. But even living in the land of Oz, were apparently every creature is set to kill you, I could not envisage surviving long in those conditions – and at my age I prefer my own creature comforts too much to envy Lily her great adventure. With good reason, as you will find out when you read this book. Jungle (2017)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018 . Retrieved 12 April 2018. While not all situations seem plausible in the storyline, this very entertaining novel is eerily descriptive of jungle life and a journey well worth taking for this reader as it develops into a terrifying fight for survival.

Keep clean / Wash yourself and your clothes at the end of each day. There are few things in life more gratifying than a refreshing jungle shower. Whether you’re in the river with the current swirling around you, bathing under a gentle waterfall, or simply standing in the tropical rain, it is the best part of the day. Getting rid of the grit and grime will refresh you, keep your night clothes fresh and you’ll sleep much better as a result. This book, unfortunately, has all of the same problems plus a few dozen more, and can't be read as campy fun no matter how hard you try. Marcus starts having trouble walking and discovers his feet are full of bloody sores. By now Kevin and Yossi are tired of Marcus' complaining. Looks like I'm going to have to take The River at Night off my shelf to read sooner rather than later because I've heard it's just as good, if not better.

INTO THE JUNGLE has evil and deadly creatures, both animal and human, as well as infectious diseases and horrendous weather....with quite a variety of cool and unusual characters. The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 3 August 2017. [7] It was released in Australia on 9 November 2017, by Umbrella Entertainment. [8] Reception [ edit ]

Let me just start out but stating the obvious.... I am definitely not cut out for living in the jungle! No way. No how.Ferencik is clearly intending to demonstrate the harshness of living in the jungle, but the narrative mostly comes off as grotesque and off-puttingly gratuitous. I'm not a fan of nastiness for nastiness' sake, and unfortunately Ferencik seemed to delight in it here. I could have done without the creepy fixation on genitalia as well. You guys... when I was young I used to flip through my uncle's National Geographic magazines and would make up stories by the pictures and weirdly this book felt like these imaginations came to life (ish)... BUT BETTER! The lush descriptions really made me feel like I was in the jungle.... which may be a nice place to visit but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't survive there. Now here is where Erica Ferencik sits you down and forces you to stare into that jungle yourself. Giant eels in the water, piranha, poisonous plants, gnawing insects, and creeping spiders the size of tractors await you. And there are howler monkeys who use poop as weapons from high up in the trees. It's all true, folks. I spent a month in the rainforests of Costa Rica on a nature sabbatical with Hercules beetles the size of your fist. Plenty of creep to go around. Jungle (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017 . Retrieved 19 January 2021. I liked Ferencik's first book well enough, despite the pathetic, obnoxious narrator and the hokum plot. I ended up reading The River at Night as campy (which I don't think it was intended to be, but it worked for me).