Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

6 reviews

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

Not one of my favorite books, but it was a decent read. Read as part of our sort of "Transcendentalism" unit in school. I had already read a review about the book, which most definitely led to a biased viewpoint, but I would probably have drawn a similar viewpoint.

This book was well-written, and the author, Jon Krakauer, clearly went into much effort and research to put it together.
That said, despite the author's attempt to convince me that what Chris McCandless did was noble and mature, I found much evidence to the contrary.

 

The credibility also begins to fall apart at the end with the speculation about the specific way that he died. Sure, Chris was generous, but he was far from humble. He believed in his ability to be able to conquer the wilderness to the point that it got himself killed. He almost died in the desert, but that only convinced him to pursue it further.

I lack the ability to relate to Chris. I consider myself smart, but I would never consider myself clever enough to say I know everything I need to know.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cursing, Addiction, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Mentions how his body changes from starvation and living off the wild.

chelle22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Deadnaming, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Animal death

joshmacaroni's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Medical content, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and Excrement

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

lexibrownie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

read this for required reading, but i ended up really connecting with it. i can see why others might not enjoy it as much, but i found it deeply insightful and heartbreaking. i’ll be thinking about it for a long time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism and Cursing

_saphyr_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cursing

l1iqc's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

 I think it’s better than the movie because you can actually get more information about what it was like for him.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Cursing, and Terminal illness