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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado
3 reviews
quetzal33's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Cursing
Minor: Drug use
intensej's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
5.0
This book was brilliant, haunting, visceral, and moving. The audiobook was excellent. It felt like I was listening to a podcast. I jumped to the e-book form of the book because I wanted to read it faster. Although this book deals with heavy topics such as death and survival, Parrado's voice was uplifting and inspiring. I enjoyed looking at the photographs that he provided and the map of his trek away from the Fairchild. It helped place the events of the memoir in context. I highly recommend this book for fans of the film Society of the Snow.
"...I am still guided by the vivid apprehension that came to me on that frozen glacier: Even here, even as we suffer, life is still worth living. We are humans. We all suffer. We all one day face our own personal Andes. And in the end, we all die. The only way to make sense of those difficult truths is to love. Love is our guide and our protection. It is the only true form of survival. That simple, strengthening wisdom is the gift the mountains gave me. That is the true miracle of the Andes."
Content: death, some gore, swearing, descriptions of eating human flesh
"...I am still guided by the vivid apprehension that came to me on that frozen glacier: Even here, even as we suffer, life is still worth living. We are humans. We all suffer. We all one day face our own personal Andes. And in the end, we all die. The only way to make sense of those difficult truths is to love. Love is our guide and our protection. It is the only true form of survival. That simple, strengthening wisdom is the gift the mountains gave me. That is the true miracle of the Andes."
Content: death, some gore, swearing, descriptions of eating human flesh
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Gore
Moderate: Cursing
kemrick19's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Death, and Grief
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Mental illness
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