Six strangers. Seven days. Seventy-five square miles of wilderness. One common goal: survive.When a nature retreat takes a disastrous turn, six hapless suburbanites find themselves stranded in Pennsylvania’s largest wildlife preserve.Unable to escape or contact the outside world, they must adapt to this harsh environment to survive, even as burgeoning rivalries slowly splinter the group into … rivalries slowly splinter the group into warring factions.
But they aren’t the only ones in the forest. Their presence has stirred threats beyond imagination, which will force uneasy alliances as all of them confront dark truths about one another … and themselves.
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Six people go on the adventure of a lifetime and it is so not what they expected. Their minds will be tested and their lives put on the line…a journey to self discovery.
I am not anticipating an easy journey for them and it was a giant surprise to me too. I love the Indian mysticism included.
Wade is the first to be affected and it happens immediately. He’s self centered, arrogant and follows his own path. Is it because he is mentally stronger than the others…or is something else going on?
The group are joined together, yet each follows their own individual path. When left to their own devices, their personalities overshadow any common sense.
This review is hard for me to write, because the words I want to say are difficult to find. I guess I will ask you some questions and see if that helps you see what I saw.
What breaks us down? What brings us together?
I think The Truth Circle by Cameron Ayers is a fabulous debut novel, a psychological horror thriller that delves deep into the human psyche.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Truth Circle by Cameron Ayers.
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I was extremely torn on how to rate this one. The writing is good, if not a little lengthy. The characters started off feeling generic and without thought but as they progress throughout the story, some of them shape up to be a little more developed. The story line is a decent concept, if not somewhat predictable. Some of the scenes in this were extremely heartfelt, others, edge of your seat engaging, but overall for this 560 some page book, I didn’t engage as fully as I would have hoped. It was good, but it wasn’t especially great. It was fun, but it wasn’t remarkable. It was a well written, thought out book but it wasn’t anything so special that I would re read it or even say it’s a must read. It’s a fun book if you like these types of suspense and it won’t feel like you wasted time reading, I just didn’t take anything away from it that was especially profound or beyond the normal. I don’t want to take away from this by sounding like I didn’t enjoy it, it was a fun read, just not one that I felt particularly attached to is all. I am thankful I won this giveaway and I do hope others like it as much and more than I did.
This is a 3.5 read for me. I enjoyed the premise of this story but found myself becoming impatient with it during 3/4 of the book! I feel it was too long, that’s my opinion. When I become inpatient that means I am losing interest and with this story it happened quite a bit! I like long stories if they can hold my interest, this one failed. Would have liked more background on the iku, were they an Indian ritual or a perversion from the nuclear reactor?
I stayed up late reading this till the very end. The characters draw you in and this book will keep you wondering what is going on till the end. Great read!