Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

14 reviews

jillianlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

WOW and OUCH
that book was a little intense but such an important read 
it hit me right in the gut 
loved it tho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, and Grief

the very end of the book when he talks about that girls death and how he never looked back to help her really just punched me in the gut because that pain has to be terrible

karism576's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Engaging account of a disaster on Mount Everest. Sometimes a little hard to follow all the characters' names and the overall timeline of the disaster, but overall a very compelling read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Death

waywardcrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Well damn. I don't know what exactly I was expecting when I picked up this book. I knew it would be tragic but nothing could have prepared me for how graphically and vividly Krakauer was able to portray the failed expedition. Even though it was hard to remember who was who in the long list of people on the mountain, I still felt deeply saddened by every death. This is an incredible accounting of such a traumatizing experience. This book really makes you think deeply about human mortality and the psychology behind those who are willing to jeopardize their lives to accomplish the most dangerous exploits. It also makes you think about humanity's respect (or lack thereof) for nature, the inability to admire great beauty from afar to the point that beauty is destroyed. On a lighter note, I learned a lot about climbing and there's much more still that I couldn't quite grasp. Maybe once I recover in ten years, l'll read again to try to understand more about the geography and climbing techniques the author did so well in attempting to describe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Vomit, Grief, Body horror, and Medical content

caidyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Damn, what a sad book. There was a great buildup from the author to introduce people and the conditions of that year. Very sad, but also a very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

danimacuk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Medical content, Drug use, Excrement, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Vomit

lily1304's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, and Death

Descriptions of sleep deprivation, food restriction, oxygen deprivation causing disorientation, extreme cold and extreme exhaustion

nimeneth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

leefox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Mental illness

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Blood and Drug use

alphacenterin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content