A History of Wild Places: A Novel


Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
19
Narrator
10
Release Date
December 7, 2021
Duration
11 hours 59 minutes
Summary
In this “riveting, atmospheric thriller that messes with your mind in the best way” (Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author), three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune investigate the disappearances of two outsiders.

Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Often hired by families as a last resort, he takes on the case of Maggie St. James—a well-known author of dark, macabre children’s books—and is soon led to a place many believed to be only a legend.

Called Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn’t exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it…he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James.

Years later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis’s abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there’s a risk of bringing a disease—rot—into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn’t as safe as they believed—and that darkness takes many forms.

“As spine-chilling as it is beautifully crafted” (Ruth Emmie Lang, author of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance), A History of Wild Places is a story about fairy tales, our fear of the dark, and losing yourself within the wilderness of your mind.
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Caroline S.

Overall the book was good. The twists were decently surprising and not forced, the plot was a little too "The Village" overall but it made for a good listen. Narrators were solid, having multiple readers to represent different character perspectives was the right choice for this book. All in all if you enjoy a mystery/suspense book with an outdoorsy setting, you'll like this book.

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Jonathon Hanson

A compelling and unique take on The Village but in the end far too similar to its inspiration.

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