Too Far continues to chronicle the contrasting worlds of two six year-old Alaskans. Both of their home lives are shown to be in tatters, while their travels into the woods take them further and further into the world of Dawn and the Dream Man. Chapter 10 also sees the book's climax come about, Robbie's dad finally leaves.
Within their realm of fantasy, the Dream Man offers similar strife. He offers to take Fristeen and Robbie into the realm of dreams as pure thoughts, but gives Robbie a preview of the pain involved in shedding their bodies by sending a dream about his house and his body being engulfed in falling fire.
Shapero's style remains subdued throughout this nightmare, but it's his wont not to overwhelm with vivid description. Instead, he uses single images or metaphors to describe just about everything that is dream-like or found in the forest depths. It's a style that's easy to appreciate, though as the book's worn on more words are being used twice in the same sentence.
This repetition is distracting when it comes up, but only mildly so. Luckily, I'm still wondering about what Robbie and Fristeen will do with the offer of freedom in the forest enough not to mind such distractions.
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