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  • Into the Woods

  • By: Josh Soule
  • Narrated by: Scott Cluthe
  • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Into the Woods

By: Josh Soule
Narrated by: Scott Cluthe
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Summary

Into the Woods is a novel of suspense set in the late 16th century by Josh Soule.

John, Thomas, and Henry had grown up in the small village of Carn and were now adults and still the best of friends. They were each different. John's artistic inclinations had led him to leave their village to study art in Paris, but while he knew he would always miss that city, he was coming home to Carn for good.

And while they had played together as kids as they were growing up in Carn, some things didn't change. The woods were still as dark and foreboding as they had been years earlier, when the three friends would dare each other to enter. The ancient legends of evil monsters still lingered in the minds of each of them.

Thomas had taken to staying awake at night now to protect his herd from predators, yet a moment's rest had given something ample time to slaughter one of his cows. Thomas wanted the men of Carn to rise up and confront the beast, but the others were not so sure.

When the three friends unite to solve this mystery, they soon discover that the truth about the creature is much more troublesome than they ever feared.

©2019 Josh Soule (P)2019 Josh Soule
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"We need to stay together."

This is a short book at only three and one half hours duration and intriguing, if a little jumbled in presentation - Perhaps because it started as a short story, then evolved. Set at the end of the 1500's, it starts well, with one of the main protagonists (three childhood friends who grew up together in a small English village, and the parish priest) returning from Paris to his home. He sets the scene with tales of childish pranks and legends of the Devil lurking in the surrounding woods. When he arrived home at his village, everyone has moved on but still there are rumours of some beast in the neighbourhood.

There is little to give credence to this taking place over 400 years ago, other than the lack of technology (i.e.street lighting and telephones) and only crude weaponry, such as branches, knives and single shot rifles. But there is a sense of isolation. None of the characters is particularly endearing, not come fully alive, although good background histories are given to them all. Throughout, there is a sense of mystery - one for the reader to solve before the big reveal at the conclusion. Although irritating at times, it has sufficient power to hold the audience to the end, despite having a familiar feel throughout.

Narration by Scott Cluthe was good, his rich voice very appropriate to the subject matter. But some words seemed slightly wrong, perhaps mispronounced, or simply slurred. The use of drug as a last usage for the verb 'to drag' ( as in 'the sheep had been drug through the grass' ) was, however, very jarring: especially since no other attempt to make the language seem from a last age had been included: whether the fault of Cluthe himself or of the author, I cannot say.

Overall, a pleasant, invading afternoon's read, a nice tale of terror haunting a small village, of friendship, loyalty and facing up to fear. My thanks to the rights holder of Into the Woods who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. An enjoyable mystery.

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