Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

40 reviews

hstcrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

Wow, this was definitely a thrilling read and very different from what I normally gravitate towards. It was also devastating. I can’t even begin to imagine what it is like to climb Everest and to have been on the mountain at this time, but reading this I kept being struck by how hopelessly pointless this is. So many people died or were injured beyond repair for what?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

plantainicus's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

4.75

I have harbored a special interest in Everest and have been a wannabe climber ever since reading a young adult series in the 6th grade. Jon does a great job melding his personal experience with a journalistic account of the 1996 Everest disaster. I listened to this book in 2 days. Excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation

lqne's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Classism

nburkk's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

madeline_p4's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Grief

cryptofauna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

it was pretty good! i found it hard to keep track of all the characters, especially at the end. obviously the author included that glossary of people at the beginning but it’s hard to refer to as a kindle reader. 
generally, an interesting and complex story. it suffers a little because of how little the author was actually involved with some of the main events, but it was well written and i was very interested while reading!
a very fiction-y feeling nonfiction book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Racism

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

michypoo70's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

becinneverland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment