Evan and
Katie had the picture-perfect marriage, it would seem.
While Evan lays
unconscious after a terrible car wreck, Katie has an affair. Oh, wow.
“The symbol
of their eternal love was broken.” (35)
Simple yet well-written,
this soulful book immediately captures the reader, instigating deep empathy and
profound thought. I felt bad for Evan
and thought the guilt eating at Katie was well-deserved. The first chapter
kicked off nice and strong, but then confusion settles in the second chapter
when Evan wakes up in the jungle…literally! What!? I thought he was lying
comatose in the hospital. How did we get to the jungle?
The bulk of
the book centers on Evan struggling in the jungle (I still don’t know how he
got there.) I guess the jungle was really more of a metaphor because in Katie’s
POV, Evan is still comatose. So Evan is battling the jungle in his mind? Yeah,
I guess. So that’s “the jungle within?” Mmm, okay then. Suddenly he’s Tom Hanks
in Cast Away.
Basically we
have two characters in the jungle with Evan fighting to wake up and Katie
struggling with her sin. Obviously the book is heavy on symbolism and religion.
The writing had a poetic feel and the jungle descriptions were quite vivid,
however, the story line weakened my interest after the first few chapters.
My rating: 2.5 stars
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