Reviews

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

zakcebulski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.75

yibblez's review

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

anabotezatu's review

Very slow moving, lots of ice climbing jargon (clunky to follow even with the footnotes), and not captivating.

marianka1992's review against another edition

5.0

I rarely re read anything, this one is an exception. Riveting.

lucemarchionni's review

adventurous informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

mirandareddekopp's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

3.5

diarrakewley's review against another edition

4.5

I was a little confused by who was who because he kept jumping back and forth between first names and last names and there were so many people! But like usual I’m very enthralled with Jon Krakaur. He’s easily my favorite non-fiction writer

lovelyday2day's review against another edition

Beyond acknowledging the tragedy of this book, I am not sure what else to say. I am left with so many thoughts and reactions and further reading/watching on Everest to embark on. Recommend the PBS Nova episode on Everest and altitude sickness as a follow up.

kkeyes's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

4.0