I listened to this one over a week ago, then it took me so long to read through it afterward, I couldn’t remember many of my thoughts upon initially listening 
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I think it’s been more of the same, though. I’m able to catch some parts just fine, but others are hard, especially if they involve lots of vocab that I don’t know.
I’m definitely having trouble suspending my disbelief with regards to how nonchalant they all are concerning the deaths, especially with children present. I understand that for it to be a young adult adventure novel, it needs to have young adults going on adventures, haha, but for whatever reason, I’m having trouble buying into the universe of this one.
I think I’d have no problem with it if the fantastical/magical elements were more prominent, but as it stands, the story world is a bit too grounded in reality for me to be able to turn off the part of my brain that says: “ok I can accept the talking to a jaguar and the existence of a mystical beast but them being a) allowed to bring children on an extremely dangerous trip that is at least partially sponsored by some organization, and b) not stopping the trip immediately after the first death, let alone the second, is where I draw the line.” 
