Reviews with content warning for Drug use - Wild

Thoroughly enjoyed. Her writing was a breeze to read, but the narrative style was complex and wonderful. I almost feel as if I've made this monumental journey with her, which is saying a lot considering how sedentary I am.

After adding the content warnings, I would like to say that ...

the part at the beginning about her mother's death from cancer was VERY emotional, like I wept -- but it was doable, and important to the rest of the narrative... But I truly wish I had never read the part about her mother's horse. If you are at all upset by animal death, absolutely skip that section -- as soon as she starts talking about going home in the winter and seeing how old & frail her mother's horse was. Skip it.

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This one has been on my list for a while (thanks, Mom!) and it turned out to be quite an enjoyable memoir. I am always a fan of an adventure story (ironic, I know, given my self-proclaimed "indoor cat" status). I also appreciated how willing Strayed was to declare her own foolishness and inexperience. I'm looking forward to checking out the movie adaptation.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

First book of the year and it was a great one!

After losing her mother to cancer, her close-knit family falling apart, a divorce, and a stint with heroin, Cheryl is desperate for solace. Impulsively, she decides to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs thousands of miles from the Mexico border through California, Oregon, and Washington all the way to Canada. With only her will as her motivation, Cheryl sets out alone with no training and almost no money. It’s on the trail, somewhere between the Mojave Desert and the Washington Bridge of the Gods, that she faces her demons, both past and present.

Wild is a memoir chock-full of raw emotion, adventure, and a different type of coming-of-age. This is neither a how-to book for the PCT or a self-help book, it’s merely a story of how one young woman found her own way to heal.

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