The Hike

I think there's a specific type of reader that will really love this book, and I'm happy to say that I'm absolutely that type of reader. The Hike is strange and funny and terrifying and poignant in equal measure, sometimes (often) in the same scene. I would like this book for its imagination and twisted sense of humor even if there was nothing beyond that, but it manages to be thought-provoking and emotional on top of those things.

It's an adult Alice in Wonderland of sorts, but it isn't weird without a purpose. On top of all that, it has one of the more satisfying and altogether excellent endings I've read in a novel. Highly recommended.