Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

100 reviews

elenaysuslibros's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

clotalksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

An easy listen with a good narrator. A good mix of reflection on time before the trail with bits about walking the trail itself. So interesting and inspiring. Doesn't shy away from the hard details or the mistakes, doesn't try to paint herself in a perfect light. It's all the stronger and more relatable for it. Like the PCT itself though, this was long. Although I don't think anything was superfluous, it still felt quite a commitment. I'm glad I saw it through. I had previously watched the adaptation and I think it did a good job of pulling out the important bits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

janetsuzanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

tomnoor's review against another edition

4.75

Could have done without the horrific, graphic animal death. Otherwise really enjoyed, esp the author’s processing of grief losing a parent young. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual harassment

mfiamoncini7's review

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

Generally a great read! I know there’s issues about whether or not her trek was real, but as someone who knows little about the PCT, enjoyed it from a story perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

ains_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I don’t understand why people are so unkind about Cheryl’s trials and inexperience (except for the heroin, that wasn’t a smart choice) but I’ll acknowledge that she had more privilege than others. Her mistakes added to the story, and planted the seed in my head that such an experience like this is possible, with the right preparation and gear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

natgeographic's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

I’m not hiking the PCT but I am living in Peru for 6 months— this was a good time to read this book. Away from friends and family, living a simpler life, doing hard things every day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

Personally was super turned off by the abortion story but overall I found the book introspective and inspiring.

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.5

A cautionary tale to what it means to be young and naive. Good writing, sad but moving story, a series of very dumb and dangerous choices.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and Abortion

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

I thought that this was a really interesting book about one women’s journey into the wilderness, to kind of save herself.

The hiking portion of the book was super inspiring! She was wicked badass even if some of the mistakes she made were anxiety inducing. Also great to see how mostly the hiking community treated her. 

 For the non-hiking parts of the book, I was always surprised at what she was thinking and doing. While I did not agree with the choices that she made, she was in pain and was looking to do what she needed to do at the time. Interesting to get to see how other people wildly different than you think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

karaplum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent