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heidipolkissa82's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
saklarich's review against another edition
3.0
To me, this book was disjointed. By the end, and throughout, I wasn’t sure what the point of the book was. There were a few interesting perspectives (corruption of land, advantage taken over people, connection to nature) alluded to, but none were thoroughly explored to the point that I took more away from the book than I came to it with. I am still unsure of the full motivations of the author to participate in the run and what it achieved for him and other participants.
katelinpro's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
hydee's review against another edition
This was meh for me. Some of the language was repetitive, I wanted more detail on everyone (didn’t have enough to care about the run or the people), there were some weird tangents (day as a security officer at his current job). And the run itself sounded toxic and kind of horrible.
mossbaby's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
This book felt rushed in places that seemed important and drawn out in places that felt irrelevant.
foodandfun103's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
vkurup's review against another edition
2.0
Avik picked this one up at the library because he knows I like running books. Every running book is also about something else, but this one didn't hold my interest. It is about a lot of important topics but I didn't really understand the author's journey... what was he looking for? Did he find it? What was the point? I also didn't understand some flashbacks in the middle of the book, like setting a garage on fire as a 12-year-old, and his parents' break-up. But I am glad to have learned about the Peace and Dignity Journey.
shgmclicious's review against another edition
This is not a spectacular audiobook--willing to put money on the idea that the producers saw the narrator's name and assumed he was Latino, even though he's actually Filipino--which is fine, except that he's really good at some aspects of Spanish and really fucking awful at others. Rolling Rs, sure, that's great, but not if you think the H is pronounced like it is in English.
Anyway, this was not quite the book I wanted it to be--I would have preferred more about the marathon and a more linear narrative--but it was a very good memoir.
Anyway, this was not quite the book I wanted it to be--I would have preferred more about the marathon and a more linear narrative--but it was a very good memoir.