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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
adventurous
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hopeful
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reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
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hopeful
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lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
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A great, inspiring story with ingenious descriptions of the landscape.
Dieses dritte Buch ist jetzt einerseits wirklich nicht mehr gut, ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass man es für sich lesen kann und nicht nur, um rauszufinden, was aus den beiden aus dem ersten Buch geworden ist. Andererseits mochte ich gerade die Kunst- und Journalismuslosigkeit: Es sind keine zusammenrecherchierten Fakten zu Land und Leuten drin, es geht wirklich nur um den Weg, und nicht mal der ist besonders genau beschrieben. Es geht auch nicht idyllisch zu, große Teile handeln von Klimakatastrophe, Landschaftszerstörung, Brexit, Krankheit und Tod. "Inspirierend" fand ich es auch nicht, alles klingt unbequem und schmerzhaft. Wahrscheinlich ist es nicht mal Absicht, aber dieses Buch verweigert sich praktisch allem, was das "Ich war draußen und erzähle davon"-Genre sonst macht, und das fand ich gut. Aber mehr so als Konzept, Lesevergnügen war es keines.
Prachtig boek!
Vanaf de eerste pagina grijpt het je bij de keel en voert het je mee naar de adembenemende Schotse Hooglanden...
Boeiend vond ik de contrasten die in het autobiografische verhaal spelen: de vrijheid na de lockdown, het verlangen naar weidse luchten tegenover Moths' gezondheid die de horizon steeds dichterbij brengt, het kille klimaat versus de warme handelingen tussen Moth en Ray.
Een aanrader!
Vanaf de eerste pagina grijpt het je bij de keel en voert het je mee naar de adembenemende Schotse Hooglanden...
Boeiend vond ik de contrasten die in het autobiografische verhaal spelen: de vrijheid na de lockdown, het verlangen naar weidse luchten tegenover Moths' gezondheid die de horizon steeds dichterbij brengt, het kille klimaat versus de warme handelingen tussen Moth en Ray.
Een aanrader!
Reading Landlines really forced me to slow down, partly because of the nature of the story but also - I later realised - I was reading it slowly because I didn’t want it to end!
Raynor and Moth talk about becoming the landscape after walking for a long time and I can really resonate with that:
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‘I read something once, a philosophy, from Sufism I think. It’s the idea that the action of walking for a long time allows the world to fall away; eventually the walker and the path become one, the walker reaches the wayless way.’ He takes a long drink of water, then puts the bottle back in his rucksack. ‘I’m so glad we didn’t get the train, because I’ve walked all these miles, but it’s only the last few days, since I’ve felt so weak after being ill, that it’s struck me.’
‘What? What exactly has struck you?’
‘That I don’t have to go to the top of the moors to touch the wilderness. It’s already here, imprinted on me, inside me.’
‘Like you’re no longer in the landscape, you’re part of it, you are the landscape.’
‘Yes. You know what I mean then?’
‘Yes, I know it.’
“
I admire Raynor and Moth’s complete and utter trust in the landscape and it’s ability to heal Moth’s illness. Their unwavering sense of adventure is incredible, and their love and belief in one another’s abilities is admirable. Moth’s mind is incredible, after all his body puts him through, his pure determination to keep walking is inspiring and altogether surprising, but you are able to sense his mental strength - he has a knowing the entire time that this walk will be what heals him.
I honestly didn’t think that this could be any better than Winn’s first two books, but it absolutely was! I wasn’t reading about their walk, I was right there experiencing it with them. The sights, the sounds, the smells, the pain and the sickness, the prejudice and the judgement, the doubts and the extreme elation - I felt it all!
I know I will re-read these books again and again throughout my lifetime, when I’m in need of grounding and reminding of how to adapt, even when it feels impossible.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Raynor and Moth talk about becoming the landscape after walking for a long time and I can really resonate with that:
“
‘I read something once, a philosophy, from Sufism I think. It’s the idea that the action of walking for a long time allows the world to fall away; eventually the walker and the path become one, the walker reaches the wayless way.’ He takes a long drink of water, then puts the bottle back in his rucksack. ‘I’m so glad we didn’t get the train, because I’ve walked all these miles, but it’s only the last few days, since I’ve felt so weak after being ill, that it’s struck me.’
‘What? What exactly has struck you?’
‘That I don’t have to go to the top of the moors to touch the wilderness. It’s already here, imprinted on me, inside me.’
‘Like you’re no longer in the landscape, you’re part of it, you are the landscape.’
‘Yes. You know what I mean then?’
‘Yes, I know it.’
“
I admire Raynor and Moth’s complete and utter trust in the landscape and it’s ability to heal Moth’s illness. Their unwavering sense of adventure is incredible, and their love and belief in one another’s abilities is admirable. Moth’s mind is incredible, after all his body puts him through, his pure determination to keep walking is inspiring and altogether surprising, but you are able to sense his mental strength - he has a knowing the entire time that this walk will be what heals him.
I honestly didn’t think that this could be any better than Winn’s first two books, but it absolutely was! I wasn’t reading about their walk, I was right there experiencing it with them. The sights, the sounds, the smells, the pain and the sickness, the prejudice and the judgement, the doubts and the extreme elation - I felt it all!
I know I will re-read these books again and again throughout my lifetime, when I’m in need of grounding and reminding of how to adapt, even when it feels impossible.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I had few expectations for this book, but I devoured it in three sittings more or less. The premise appealed to me going off of the blurb, but the actual executed reality was breathtaking. It’s a story of hope, despair and persistence set against the rugged terrains of the UK as the world starts to reopen after Covid. It’s also non fiction, so I can’t really comment on protagonists because they’re real people. BUT, Raynor Winn does a beautiful job painting a portrait of a comfortable love between two devoted people as they navigate their changing lives. I just loved this so much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced