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

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cryptofauna's review

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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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amelia_horseman's review

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4.5

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michypoo70's review

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5.0

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5.0

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nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

I was already a fan of Krakauer, having been at various times in my life obsessed with Into the Wild and Under the Banner of Heaven.

Well, this time he really broke me. I can't stop thinking about Mount Everest and about high altitude disasters.

What Krakauer and his companions endured in 1996 is one of the most harrowing things I've ever read. His reflections of his own grief, the other survivors' reactions, the true misery that they endured during the disaster...I'm honestly haunted by it. It had me sobbing.

Krakauer was clearly deep in his own trauma when he wrote it, and you can tell.

My respect for him as a journalist, a mountaineer, and a human being is higher than it's ever been.

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jillianlovesbooks's review against another edition

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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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mollyb13's review against another edition

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5.0

In a 'perfect storm' type of situation, journalist Jon Krakauer found himself in the middle of one of the deadliest events in Everest's climbing history. He was in an extremely unique position to use his writing skills to cover the expedition and successfully interview a majority of the people involved after the event. I can't imagine the pain of being tied to this event in any sort of manner - and I'm glad that he turned his original Outside article into a full book. He seemed to have a good balance of telling his own story in a vulnerable way while also reporting the situation in a factual manner. This one is going to stick with me for quite a while.

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