The Yeti: A Novel

By: Rick Chesler, Jack Douglas

Narrated by: Jeffrey S. Fellin

The most infamous cryptid ever to capture the imagination of the planet.

A man putting his life at risk.

When evolutionary biology professor Dr. Zack Hitchens loses his wife in a senseless accident, he decides to follow her dreams all the way to the roof of the world - the peak of Mount Everest. On the infernal mountain, Zack and his teammates battle sickness, whiteout conditions, avalanches, the oxygen-starved minds of other climbers - and something else. Something primitive and consumed with rage. Something seeking revenge.

Something downright abominable.

©2016 Rick Chesler and Jack Douglas (P)2016 Rick Chesler and Jack Douglas

The Yeti

Superb! I could not put it down yet didn't want it to end. I hope
there are more books like this. Definitely worth listening to.

The story is great, then a Yeti has to come along

So first things first: the book is fantastic up until the point where the yeti enters the picture. It's philosophical, character-examining, informative, and interesting. Than the yeti comes in and the plot kind of distorts, and the previously believable climbing parts are taken down absurd paths that seem completely implausible considering what was stated earlier in the story. Basically Mt Everest itself goes from being a potent threat looming over the story to a mild inconvenience in the face of the plot-bending power of the yeti; the mountain has to be made less dangerous to shift the danger onto the yeti, apparently.

It kind of goes in some strange, wonky directions... but the characters remain good and the story continues at a decent pace, so I can't dock it too much for the story going bonkers later on. It's a good book and it's still worth your time, aside from a couple of minor problems. The magic of the early scenes isn't really recaptured in the later scenes, but I was still satisfied in the end.

Different than what I thought.

Dr. Zack Hitchens and his wife love the outdoors and love to climb. It was his wifes ambition to climb Mount Everest, but she is killed in a senseless accident. Zack decides that a way to realise this ambition is for him to take her ashes to the summit. But battling snow storms, starvation, sickness and other horrors, Zach might end up not returning!!

This is totally different than I thought, it's not so much focused on the Yeti, but more so on the struggle and battle for surviving while climbing Mount Everest, We do get some Yeti action, but not enough!!

So as I said, this is more focused on the characters and the Mountain. Zach goes to the Mountain with the intention of giving his wifes ashes to one of the guides, and getting them to scatter them. But he meets up with some people and they encourage him to do it himself, it might give him a sense of peace. He agrees but is in no way ready for all the perils that a mountain like this can bring! You're talking white outs, extreme cold, fatigue, altitude sickness, but something is also out there killing animals and people!! The Sherpa's know the legend but Zach doesn't believe.

The whole book is filled with tension, both with what is happening the group, as well as the Yeti. It feels like it is always lurking in the background and was scarier for it. All the time, I was waiting for it too jump out!!

In all, this was a great read. It was adventurous and fast paced, and held my attention throughout. I will say that if you go in expecting lots of Yeti action, then you will be disappointed, but if you go in with no expectations, then you will be pleasantly surprised. It's well written and developed and I'm glad I took a chance on the audio!

This is the second book I've listened to by Jeffrey S. Fellin, and while he did bring the atmosphere and intensiveness of the book alive, he did fail on some of the accents. His Italian and British accents need work, they were recognisable, just not there yet. It didn't detract from the overall feel of the book though.

Loved it!

I enjoyed this book a lot! It was suspenseful, interesting, and most importantly it had a great ending! I'll be listening to this one again!

The finazation of the Yeti encounter...

Too Long but the last several chapters their is the Realization that a Yeti exists and existed.