The Wilderness Retreat tells the story of Bella, a woman who goes on a holiday to console herself after her son has just left for college. Once at the retreat, she realises her old college professor is also on the trip. Shortly after, weird things start happening to her and she becomes worried that something isn't quite right.
Unfortunately, this book commits the cardinal thriller sin of just being a bit too boring. Bella is not the most interesting character but I liked her at first. The problem came when I'd reached 60% of the way through the book, no one was dead yet and the same few things kept on happening. Something weird happens to Bella, she tells everyone about it and looks crazy, she begins to wonder if she is crazy. Rinse, repeat.
I felt everything was heading in a quite obvious direction and unfortunately, that made the slow pacing all the more frustrating. It's not a bad book but it is a pretty forgettable one.
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