The first time that I dealt with Chris McCandless was the last summer, watching the Sean Penn's movie. Surely I could not know that one year later I would talk with an opposite disposition towards his controversial personality. In fact in the first time I reacted with many of the critic thoughts of ...
Most who read this book are polarized by the main character; he's either an idealist or an utter moron who died through stupidity.It's a testament to Krakauer's skill as a writer that he manages to leave this question up to the reader, and like all his work, it's a gripping read.
"In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given 25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wall...
This was an intense story and one that draws you into some thoughtful reflection. Chris McCandless has inspired wildly divisive opinions but Jon Krakauer imbues his story with the right amount of reverence for all involved. For the man who sought his own trail in life and boldly followed that path e...
a quarter million reads and 10,000 reviews reveals that Krakauer has his finger right on the pulse of the American reading public. yes, McClandess is a joke... and yes, chicks tend to dig these 'called into the wild' types, but whatever outrage and whatnot has been posted on this website, the end re...
First: I can't get over the fact that this really happened. It baffles me.I enjoyed reading it on the one hand and didn't on the other. The stories related to Chris I found very interesting; only the stories about the author and other people I kind of hated. In the end I even skipped those parts. So...
This is really not a kind of book you would wish to devour at once, but rather to read it slowly, to ponder about every chapter you've read for itself, because every of them gives something unique to think about.This is a story about McCandless, true, but it is also about all those dreamers all over...
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