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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
16 reviews
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
I loved this book about 15 years ago. I don’t now. It’s absolutely ridiculous how often the author leans on lazy descriptions of people's “flawed” appearance for comedy. Dude, that’s not funny. He just seems like a pretentious privileged male.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
I didn’t love this. It was funny at times, but the overall tone is so dismissive of the normal people that he met hiking (of which he was one, I might point out!). There’s a lot of misogynistic, body shaming musing and I was annoyed most of the time that I was reading it. Not exactly what I’d hoped from musings of enjoying nature.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Misogyny
Really liked the travelogue, really disliked how mean the author was in the name of humor, I guess
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
People have told me for years that I needed to read A Walk in the Woods, about how funny it is and how accurate it is.
I found it a lot like the various gaps and notches and other trail aspects - a bit of a slog, and with no payoff. It's a mildly entertaining story of two men who have no idea what they've gotten themselves into setting off for Georgia with the idea that they'll walk to Maine in about 4-5 months.
The best aspects are by far the history of the trail, the stories about the environment, and the asides Bryson throws in about where they are.
I found it a lot like the various gaps and notches and other trail aspects - a bit of a slog, and with no payoff. It's a mildly entertaining story of two men who have no idea what they've gotten themselves into setting off for Georgia with the idea that they'll walk to Maine in about 4-5 months.
The best aspects are by far the history of the trail, the stories about the environment, and the asides Bryson throws in about where they are.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder
funny
informative
medium-paced
Way too many moments of fatphobia and misogyny - without those moments it would be a delightful read, especially for anyone who has done any amount of significant hiking.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Reread this and cringed at the way that women were represented when mentioned. The information about the trail was wonderful though- so this one was hard to star, still not sure I landed properly.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Misogyny