The Hudson Review: The wilderness survival story has been given a twist by the nimble Mr. Walter, who may have invented a new genre, the how-to-survive-whackjob-cults-in-the-wilderness novel. It’s a lot of fun. —Susan Balée reviews So Far Gone by Jess Walter, from Harper. hudsonreview.com/2025/10/the-...

The wilderness survival story has been given a twist by the nimble Mr. Walter, who may have invented a new genre, the how-to-survive-whackjob-cults-in-the-wilderness novel. It’s a lot of fun. —Susan Balée reviews So Far Gone by Jess Walter, from Harper. hudsonreview.com/2025/10/the-...