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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of The Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
4 reviews
cryptofauna's review
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
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Racism
mmccombs's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Why anyone would want to climb Everest is just astounding to me. I’d be curious to read his take on this story like now rather than so immediately after it happened, would there be a bit more reflection or different ideas here? I appreciated how he broke down all of the tiny pieces that made for such a disaster, but I do not feel like it fully addressed every factor at play, like colonialism or maybe even the idea of the “manifest destiny” that plagues the outdoors-y population. An interesting story (though I got mixed up on the names and locations a lot) that I wished had a bit more depth, but wow! Everest is nuts!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Colonisation and Racism
armontheroad's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Excellent memoir depicting the1996 Mount Everest Disaster. Was thoroughly obsessed with this and would have given it five stars if not for the transphobia and ableism. This did strick up a new hyperfixation, though, which I am very happy about. I really liked Jon Krakauer’s voice and would be interested and reading more of his work. I did appreciate his mentioning of how fucking racist and ignorant the white climbers of Everest are to the lovely locals.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Vomit, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Ableism, and Racism
horizonous's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, and Vomit
Minor: Blood, Racism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts
◦ Death = Friends◦ Mental illness = Survivor guilt
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