There is no question that this man's work is admirable and important, but I cannot deal with the writing in this book. Twice now I've tried really hard to read this, and I'm sorry to say that the writing is atrocious. No offense intended to my friends who have enjoyed the book, but it's beyond me h...
Pakistan (though I may substitute something else later)Both emotionally satisfying and deeply engrossing, this is the history of Mortenson's many years of building schools in Pakistan and, more recently, Afghanistan. A nurse by profession and mountain climber by avocation. Mortenson literally stumbl...
I'm not really sure how to rate this book. I was a little bit put off by the style of writing - I was under the impression that the book was a memoir, written by Greg Mortensen himself...but it's a little bit different from that.Aside from the writing, the subject of the book was very interesting. ...
Such an important story . . . so distracted by the writing. The sun is not "lemony." I hope that Balti porters are not in any way like "Lear's jester." I listened to half of it on audio because I was so distracted by the way it was written, but the reader did voices and accents for everyone. The...
I reserve five stars for books I consider life-changing, and this one certainly fits the bill. The guy the book is about, Greg Mortenson, is one of those people who just quietly does great things without any fanfare. While nearly getting killed trying to climb a ferocious mountain (K2), he was nur...
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