Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

7 reviews

ostepop's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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Men will do anything but go to therapy.  Including dying from starvation while trying and failing to live out their Henry David Thoreau/Jack London solitary extreme minimalist, primitivist fantasies in the Alaskan wilderness while being horribly underprepared.

Chris McCaness' life choices are close to zero percent relatable to me and It’s hard not to judge him for his hubris. But Krakauer does a fine job with exploring the story, so I guess I still enjoyed the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror

A young man sells his belongings, donates all his savings and travels alone to the Alaskan wilderness to make it on his own, horribly underprepared and under-equipped, then

dies from starvation

after 108 days or so.

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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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: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Dysphoria

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

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

nick13's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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This was a really gripping tale of a young man's adventure and how his life interweved with Alex's. Overall, I thought Krakauer did an excellent, if very rambly, job of showing how harrowing an adventure is and why so many young men whish to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Body horror, Car accident

miggyfool's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism, Murder

lucy12345's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail

nicoleherz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Philosophical, living off the land, adolescent arrogance or ignorance?

Raised some interesting questions. I really liked the author's well researched approach and how they wove in so much information into a larger narrative. Just a fascinating take on a sad story that you might not give much thought to, ordinarily.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder

linddykal's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief