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A review by jacqueshol
The Yeti by Rick Chesler, Jack Douglas
3.0
Warning: Minor spoilers. I have read two of Rick Chester's books and have been frustrated by both. Both books promised so much and headed in the right direction, only to fizzle out forward the end. For example, Guardians of Atlantis was a good story, but hardly involved Atlantis. The Yeti was the same. The book probably had 5% Yeti, and the balance was a story of people's challenges on climbing Everest. In a way, I feel cheated. The titles and summaries of Rick Chester's books feel like click-bait. It is presented in such a way to attract a wider audience, but is very narrow and conservative in actual storytelling.
In The Yeti, the author seemed unsure where to go with the story. I got a feeling that he was in two minds on whether to validate the yeti's existence. Even the end was so politically correct (the protagonist's decision to reveal or not), that it felt like a cop-out.
Is a shame as both had great potential, but in the end it just doesn't deliver for me. I've purchased another of Chester's books, Hotel Megalodon, but if it does not live upto expectation, it will be my last.
In The Yeti, the author seemed unsure where to go with the story. I got a feeling that he was in two minds on whether to validate the yeti's existence. Even the end was so politically correct (the protagonist's decision to reveal or not), that it felt like a cop-out.
Is a shame as both had great potential, but in the end it just doesn't deliver for me. I've purchased another of Chester's books, Hotel Megalodon, but if it does not live upto expectation, it will be my last.