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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
These Everest survival books are sobering to say the least. But everyone is family up there.
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adventurous
informative
reflective
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This was a hard read to rate. It in different parts was a 4 and others barely a 3. Also odd how the ‘96 expedition is the first few chapters then the book goes back over his life in chronological order. I feel like the riveting Everest stuff should’ve been later in the book, but I also imagine if that was the case, no one would get past the first few chapters. Considering the magnitude of that ‘96 tragedy and Becks insane story of survival, this book could have been a lot better. I read this book to learn about his perceptions of that ill fated expedition after reading Into Thin Air and before reading the climb, but this was somewhat skimp on detail. I didn’t hate this book but didn’t love it. Rating more like a 3.5.
GOODREADS YOU NEED TO GIVE US HALF RATING ABILITIES!!!
GOODREADS YOU NEED TO GIVE US HALF RATING ABILITIES!!!
This book is not really about surviving a traumatic event but some sort of complete life story of a random man and his family. What kind of car he first bought. How his entire family tree looked like. How much his marriage sucks.
The structure is really confusing too, I'd say the first 20% of the book is about the actual event, and he just comes off as lacking empathy. At the end of the book he repeats himself to the point that I thought it was a misprint.
He has an incredible story to tell but just somehow made it uninteresting (which is kind of a feat of itself).
The structure is really confusing too, I'd say the first 20% of the book is about the actual event, and he just comes off as lacking empathy. At the end of the book he repeats himself to the point that I thought it was a misprint.
He has an incredible story to tell but just somehow made it uninteresting (which is kind of a feat of itself).
slow-paced
Not what I expected but a really good listen! adventure, drama, education, and an amazing story of this life.
I'd expected this to be more about mountaineering, but instead in included a lot of boring waffle about his relationship with his family which didn't interest me in the slightest.
I very quickly read the first half of this book. I was very interested in the author's experiences on Everest, and felt like even though this story has been told many, many times, it was cool to get this man's singular perspective. I even liked throughout the first half hearing about the difficulties Beck and his family had due to his depression and his attempt to battle his depression with mountain-climbing. But as we entered Part Two of the book, the story took a huge turn into his marital problems, and essentially became an autobiography, starting with childhood and into his post-Everest years. I ended up feeling deceived by the title of the book, and did not get out of it what I was looking for.