I went into this book knowing what happened on Everest during the 1996 season. Or at least, I thought I knew. I had heard some of the stories. I knew which climbers didn't make it back, but until reading this book I don't think I really got it. While reading this book I could feel Jon Krakauer's c...
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 ...
Actual rating = 3.5. Very graphic descriptions of violence. Parts reminded me of In Cold Blood, but maybe even more disturbing. Gave me a nightmare that I murdered someone and was being chased by the police and my mom (who may or may not have been a police officer in the dream).
One thing I’ve noticed about Krakauer books is that I always feel as if the author wrote all the subjects for the book on index cards, threw them up in the air, collected them, and then shuffled them before writing. He seems to write a chapter based on one particular interview or idea rather than wr...
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.
This is Krakauer's gripping, first person account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, where many climbers lost their lives, including two of the world's top guides. Krakauer lays some of the blame for the disaster at the feet of rich, guided clients who are ill-prepared to survive on the mountain wi...
First, I have to say that Krakauer's writing is fantastic. He sweeps up the reader. He tells stories wonderfully. He never talks down to either his reader or his subject. For instance, in this book it would have been quite easy for Krakauer to protray every polygamist as evil. This he does not ...
Original rating from when I read this in 2007 was 5 stars.It is interesting how my view has changed in the years since I originally read (well, listened) to this book. I know a lot more about myself, religion, my own views on religion, but most of all, I know more about Jon Krakauer. And honestly, t...
This is one of the most fascinating works of non-fiction or memoirs I've ever read and one of the few I've been drawn to read more than once. I found mesmerizing how the author brought me into another world; that of extreme climbing and the "thin air" of Everest. Air so thin, that if you could be dr...
This is the third book by Krakauer I've read, the first two being Into the Wild and Into Thin Air (I'm a bit of a wilderness nerd) so I had him down as an outdoor enthusiast. I was intrigued to find out he had also written a book about a notorious murder - of a young women and her baby by two of her...
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