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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Unbelievable what man can endure with the will to live. Just keep going & never give up, even when the only option is to give up.
Super wild story. The jungle sounds like a cool place to visit - it seems to have all the things that I'd love to do with my free time - beautiful hikes, amazing green foliage, fast flowing rivers, mountains. However, it also has many things that I wouldn't wish upon my enemies. This is a pretty insane story that dissuades me from spending any appreciable amount of time in the jungle.
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What an amazing story! The film is well worth a watch too!
I feel like this is a case of "style vs substance," but where the usual case is too much style and not enough substance (ie flashy writing, not a lot to actually say), this book tends to be more in the realm of TONS of substance but not necessarily the greatest of style. It is more of a relay of events, a story of what happened; it offers nothing more and nothing less. While I do think there are times where there is an attempt at immersive writing, it is more of a good story to hear, one definitely filled with intense moments and anecdotal journal logs that do interest the reader, but lacks the complexity found, required even, in creative writing.
(I will say, I was not expecting the story to take so long to get to the actual "lost" part, it takes its time getting there by filling us in with the details of how we got to the jungle in the first place. Did I enjoy this build up? Surprisingly yes. I think he's lost less than 50% of the book, but thats ok. Still interesting.)
(I will say, I was not expecting the story to take so long to get to the actual "lost" part, it takes its time getting there by filling us in with the details of how we got to the jungle in the first place. Did I enjoy this build up? Surprisingly yes. I think he's lost less than 50% of the book, but thats ok. Still interesting.)
Cuatro mochileros que se encuentran en Bolivia deciden hacer un viaje por la jungla amazónica hasta un poblado indígena casi virgen. Lo que iba a ser una excursión de un par de semanas se convierte rápidamente en una lucha por la propia vida. Destaca la capacidad del autor para transmitir su estado mental, oscilante entre la determinación y la locura, en los últimos diez días. Relato interesante pero no impresionante.
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Dates: 22/4/2020
Format: Physical
Stars: ★★★
Grade/ rating: C
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Format: Physical
Stars: ★★★
Grade/ rating: C
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