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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
41 reviews
ruthypoo2's review against another edition
5.0
The story begins with Cheryl's back story and the hardships she's experienced over the previous few years of her life. This really allows the reader to get a good idea of who the author is and sets up how she, as a person, will evolve over the course of the book. The book presents a map at the beginning to familiarize the reader with the full length and varied terrain of the PCT. The book is broken up into five parts, with multiple chapters in each part. Each chapter relays the author's most memorable experiences from different sections of the trail. The experiences shared could be about equipment, the hiking experience, people met, camping sites, etc. It's very easy to feel like a hitchhiker on this hike and relate to the various highs and lows that took place, as well as the insights shared.
Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was. The radical aloneness of the PCT had altered that sense. Alone wasn't a room anymore, but the whole wide world. And now, I was alone in that world, occupying it in a way I never had before. Living at large like this, without even a roof over my head, made the world feel both bigger and smaller to me. Until now I hadn't really understood the world's vastness, hadn't even understood how vast a mile could be until each mile was beheld at walking speed.
By the end of the story, the reader feels like a veteran of the PCT and intimately aware of what works and what doesn't work for a first-time long-distance hiker. It's also heartwarming to share in the tales of comradery that occurs between hikers sharing the trail and people who live along the trail, welcoming the hikers into their communities and servicing their needs. Ms. Strayed tells her story with a sense of humor and humility, admitting freely when she realizes her miscalculations and shortcomings as a hiker. But overall, I was impressed with the level of research and preparation completed before she set out on the hike, and how she managed to survive in a very sparing way at times.
This is a well written, informative, and entertaining book. I'd say it's inspiring, and while reading it you wonder if hiking the PCT could be in the cards for you... then reality sets in and you find you're satisfied to have just been given the opportunity to be a voyeur to someone else's bravery in taking on this historical hiking trail. I loved the quotes and song lyrics included at the beginning of each part of the book, and appreciate the extras included in the book: a list of books read and referenced by the author while on her hike and a Reading Group Guide.
I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narrator, Bernadette Dunne. Ms. Dunne brought an energy and lightness to her reading of the story that it was even more relatable and like listening to the author share difficult memories and special new experiences as her life expands and evolves.
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Grief
merylas's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual harassment
caitlinkelly's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Medical content
Minor: Addiction, Blood, Abortion, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
annaofjesup's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical content, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Miscarriage
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this. Her writing style means the description of hiking the trail never gets boring, which it quite easily could be. It's a pretty inspiring story. Not that I'm planning on going on an adventure like that but I do enjoy reading about other people's.
Nov 2022
I re-read this via audiobook and it was as good as I remembered. It was quite interesting to listen to it as I walked to and from work because although I felt tired sometimes, it was so far removed from Strayed's experience it was almost comical. I really admire how open and honest she is about her flaws and bad decisions. She writes heartbreakingly about her mother and I think it's one of the best memoirs I've read.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Misogyny and Sexism
tabear's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexism and Toxic relationship
jesstele's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
kb33's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death and Infidelity
Moderate: Drug abuse, Abortion, and Death of parent
lesliesorensen's review against another edition
5.0
After adding the content warnings, I would like to say that ...
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail