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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
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Base journalism throughout.
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I love jon krakauer, but I am not a mountaineer and I think that might be necessary to really get into this collection of essays.
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I have a strange fascination with Jon Krakauer’s books for someone who doesn’t climb or even hike. While I can’t claim this one was my favorite of all the ones I’ve read, I still enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
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While this isn’t as compelling (to me) as his later books, Krakauer is nonetheless a good writer. These mountaineering stories simultaneously made me want to go climb mountains and to avoid them at all costs. He does shed light on the drives and characters involved, and transitions nicely between the different anecdotes that make up his stories. At times I wished there was more meaning made of them, but perhaps that’s just me.