Into the Jungle

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I liked Ferencik's first book well enough, despite the pathetic, obnoxious narrator and the hokum plot. I ended up reading The River at Night as campy (which I don't think it was intended to be, but it worked for me). Purifying drinking water significantly reduces the risk of water-borne illnesses. This is usually a two-step process:

Danger and opportunity are everywhere. On Solomon Islands, available February 4, you’ll fight through a jungle environment where you never know what’s lurking around the riverbend, by the dark mangroves, or in the hidden bunkers. Lily is a young woman who moves to Bolivia to escape her not-so-great life in the US. When her work plans in Bolivia fall through, she decides to stay anyway. She makes some friends, has fun, and meets Omar. She falls hard for Omar, a local man from a remote jungle village. Omar learns that his nephew was killed by a jaguar, so he plans to return to the village. He asks Lily to travel into the jungle with him. She is in love, and follows Omar to live in a jungle village that no one has ever heard of. Lily is unprepared for what meets her. I don't suppose it helps to have a phobia of monkeys, either! Nevertheless, I had a strong sense of the heebie jeebies throughout the majority of this novel! This is nothing like anything I've ever read. And I loved it! I probably could have (grudgingly) accepted all of the above if this had been a better story, but the plot misses at almost every turn, going from slow to obnoxious to improbable. In all, an irritating disappointment of a book. This starts as a slow-paced novel, but gets more thrilling toward the end. It also gets more unrealistic as the story progresses. In addition to the adventure story, there are also moments of magical realism. I wasn’t expecting the magical realism element, but found it enjoyable. For the most part, I liked the story and was rooting for Lily to find her place in the jungle village.Lily Bushwold thought she’d found the antidote to endless foster care and group a teaching job in Bolivia. As soon as she could steal enough cash for the plane, she was on it. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, this splendid collection of five short stories focuses on a variety of characters from the original tale. This is a general tip for any expedition but applies to the jungle just as much, if not more than other environments. When the group works as a team and takes care of each other everything becomes easier. Tasks like cooking meals and setting up camp become more efficient, and everyone has more fun. Apart from Lily, the story is brimming with interesting and eclectic characters, from For God’s Sake, the crippled riverboat driver, to the “Frannies”, the two missionaries who have settled in the jungle in an effort of converting the tribes to Christianity. There is also Baya, a shaman living alone in the bush and shunned by the villagers, who has a strange affinity to Lily. And because every good adventure story needs some baddies, there are the poachers, out to rape and pillage and strip the jungle of its treasures. In all this, Omar and Lily’s love endures. Lily’s boredom with the drudgery of her work and life in the small Bolivian city comes to an end when she meets Omar, a motorcycle mechanic. Omar is from a small jungle village, Ayachero, where he was a skilled hunter. On learning that his small nephew was killed by a jaguar, he is determined to return home to hunt for the animal. Lily and Omar have fallen in love. Lily insists in accompanying him to his home village. He warns her that she has no experience with jungle life and will find it dangerous. He will protect her but she must follow his directions.

Keep clean / Wash yourself and your clothes at the end of each day. There are few things in life more gratifying than a refreshing jungle shower. Whether you’re in the river with the current swirling around you, bathing under a gentle waterfall, or simply standing in the tropical rain, it is the best part of the day. Getting rid of the grit and grime will refresh you, keep your night clothes fresh and you’ll sleep much better as a result. The next day, the trio meets Karl in a shop while he is gathering supplies for the hike. All three men are surprised when Karl leaves with the supplies and tells them they will pay for everything.

This book, unfortunately, has all of the same problems plus a few dozen more, and can't be read as campy fun no matter how hard you try. Electric eels, giant tarantulas, enormous anacondas, foot-long bamboo rats, aggressive monkeys, poisonous everything...... Yikes! Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-loved characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each short story together into a wider whole, will make readers both laugh and cry. Ms. Ferencik has a new book coming out in March "The Girl In Ice", but you can read this one now***

a b c d e Galuppo, Mia (21 March 2016). "Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell Join Daniel Radcliffe in Thriller 'Jungle' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016. Ferencik is clearly intending to demonstrate the harshness of living in the jungle, but the narrative mostly comes off as grotesque and off-puttingly gratuitous. I'm not a fan of nastiness for nastiness' sake, and unfortunately Ferencik seemed to delight in it here. I could have done without the creepy fixation on genitalia as well.

Nine years later, I wish I could wrap my arms around my younger, stupider self and tell her to hold on tight, because flying to Bolivia on a scam was the least in a series of bad decisions I was about to make. She has to learn how to use a blow dart effectively and know where the kind of frog that has the poison for the dart lives and how to prepare and store the darts. There are so many things that can bite, scratch, claw you, poison you or flat out maul you to death, that there is always more that Lily has to learn. Don’t forgot about the infections and diseases that can also kill you in this heavily insect infested jungle (no thanks I can hardly handle mosquitos!)

Jungle (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017 . Retrieved 19 January 2021. Look down / Are you surrounded by ants, leeches, or other critters? Carefully sweep away some of the leaf litter so you have a clear area beneath your feet; most insects and small animals are deterred from travelling across open ground. Barkan, Jonathan (16 October 2017). "Jungle Telluride Horror Show Review: An Exhilarating, Tension-Fueled Tale of Survival". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018 . Retrieved 12 April 2018. Much of the jungle we visit is untouched, primary rainforest. This dense canopy creates a lot of shade which is fantastic for collecting water, as the streams and rivers are refreshingly cool. Depending on where you are, you may have to drink warm water which is not exactly refreshing, so remind yourself to keep that water intake high. Even on rest days you should be consuming three to four litres (depending on your size) and more on active days. Ensure you take at least a couple of swigs from your bottle/bladder every hour. Omar soon gets notice that his young nephew has been killed by a jaguar in the remote jungle village he comes from, so he must return. Lily, totally infatuated, tags along, wondering how hard could jungle life be?

Tip 3: Get fit before you go

The four hour flight over on a bush plane is a roller coaster of a nightmare in itself, but nothing compared to what lurks in the jungle at night....and day. Lily becomes a magnet for young women like herself trying to make it on their own in Cochabamba. When prospects dry up, Lily and her friends take a job cleaning hotel rooms that never look quite clean. On a typical night at a local bar, Lily will meet someone who will forever change her life and her personal attitude long term. Omar is a motorcycle mechanic who spots Lily. He bargains with her to teach him English. Soon they only have eyes for one another. Jungle (2017)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018 . Retrieved 12 April 2018.