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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
adventurous
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emotional
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reflective
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medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
i feel like this was the perfect combo of real life and tangible story, but also read like a narrative. i also loved the stylistic writing in the book. this was a truly heart breaking story to read, but it was definitely worth finishing. i was sad to see so much discourse over the events in the book, especially since everyone who survived already went through so much trauma.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
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At one point in the book, I just set it down and muttered "Jesus Christ" to myself.
The permanence and fatalism of a tragedy thirty years ago almost grows sharper as the years pass - As I finish this novel I find myself thinking about how lives could have been lived in all the decades since.
I'm thankful for Krakauer mustering the will to write it all down, that we're able to steal away this experience and keep it inside of us. A harrowing and empathetic experience.
The permanence and fatalism of a tragedy thirty years ago almost grows sharper as the years pass - As I finish this novel I find myself thinking about how lives could have been lived in all the decades since.
I'm thankful for Krakauer mustering the will to write it all down, that we're able to steal away this experience and keep it inside of us. A harrowing and empathetic experience.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
As someone who doesn't climb and thinks that climbing Everest sounds stupid, I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I still think climbing Everest is stupid but it was fascinating to read about aclimatisation and the people who were present during the 1996 disaster. Due to my general disinterest in the matter I's never heard of it and was surprised that this kind of disaster didn't happen more often (which is a good thing). Nonetheless, I was quickly gripped and routing for everyone to survive (yes, I know that was not realistic) and have probably found something to fixate on for the next couple of days.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced