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

60 reviews

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

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

marycage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

edamamebean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This book is beloved for a reason. I definitely cried at the end, despite it being my second time reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Abortion, Drug abuse, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

kristenreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Abortion

lhodgson26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I watched the film with Reece Witherspoon years ago and have been wanting to read the book ever since. This is an incredible and inspiring story of Cheryl who set out to walk the PCT all by herself with hardly any hiking experience. As it was a memoir it was described in such detail that at parts it felt like you were walking along with Cheryl. At some points like the boot incident and the horrendous snow storms it felt almost too far fetched to be real life and not a movie but it was all true. Cheryl was so honest with her past and was open about her drug addiction and her difficult marriage. The rawness of how she spoke about grief and the impact losing her mother had on her and the rest of her family. It was a really powerful book and really showcased the strength of someone going through such pain can have and the bravery to try something new and keep going even when it seems like the hardest thing at all. This was not just the journey of the PCT but a reflection of life itself and how the kindness of strangers helped her along her way who soon became friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse

am4man's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Abortion

sophiastafford's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, and Sexism

caitlinkelly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Drug abuse, Medical content, and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Sexual harassment, Blood, Alcohol, and Abortion

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Alcohol

sweetjuly_src's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It says in my ‘read’ history that I’ve read this book three times now (including this last one, in 2023). To be honest, I remember reading it twice (don’t know what happened there - a glitch in the matrix? My memory is not the greatest in the last few years). That said, I don’t know how I could forget it, because I love this book so much, it seems impossible to me I’d forget the experience of reading it. Anyways, every time I read it I get emotional, immersed, inspired by Cheryl and her experience(s) and I just want to put a backpack on and go (and I’d have the same problem with packing, I bet 😅). I haven’t yet - not to that extent (3 months in the wilderness), though I’ve traveled both solo and accompanied, sometimes with a backpack, other times with a carry on, and I always learn something about myself/the place/someone else/… I’ve watched the movie, too, but I don’t like how it takes some of the decisions she made (in the book and her life) away from her and distorted them as suggestions and decisions made for her (I’ve only noticed it this time around). It’s very probable I’ll read it again in the future, to inspire myself to make changes and be bold and adventurous. ‘Till next time. ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism