Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of The Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

28 reviews

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Vomit, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Ableism, and Racism

jkfulr62's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

It’s hard to review a book about someone’s traumatic experience.  The book was very well written technically and I like the interspersing of the history regarding man’s assault on Everest since the 1920s.  The tragedy of the lost lives hits hard, but you’re reading a book about a horrible real-life disaster so you kind of know what you’re getting into I suppose.  I think with this book it is important to remember that these are not characters. These a human beings and the ones who survived are out here in the world living their lives and the ones who died have people who are still feeling the pain of that loss.  I think Krakauer did the best he could with this, knowing that no matter how he crafted it, some people would be upset.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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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

belle2008's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

niltic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Wonderfully pulling together a frantic series of events and cast of characters, Krakaeur explores his personal role and experiences relating to the electric events of 1996. His historical background, insight into mountaineering, and interviews with the other survivors bring depth and complexity to one man’s account. His reflections feel fair, but very occasionally overstep his own expertise given his background as an experienced mountaineer but relative novice high alpine climber. The book may have benefited from interviews with other high alpinists who were not present at the events to add weight and nuance to some of Krakauer’s judgements. Otherwise an excellent read by any measure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Several people die, are injured, traumatised, and abandoned during the events. Descriptions are not gratuitous, but the unprocessed trauma and grief of the author make it relatively raw to read.

book_addict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

icfasntw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Medical content

This book includes scenes describing death by exposure on Mount Everest.

softselkie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Excrement