Have you ever read a book that frustrated you to the core, but yet morbid fascination kept you glued to the pages? “Into the Wild” is one of those books. Remember the times you've done stupid things that could've ended very differently.
As to the actual book - do yourself a favour, buy, beg, borrow - find a copy.
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a repeated line or two due to someone not worrying about listening to the final product before releasing it (probably in too much of a rush to cash in on the movie success to worry) makes this an audio book I would not recommend. Add to that the audio-sin of dodgy recording. I found myself getting confused - is he still reading from Chris's journal or is he back to Krakauer's voice? It completely wrenches you out of the story, and stops the heart of the story coming across. And yet the narrator does not change his voice at all for each of the different parts. In the book there are quotes all over the place - from Chris, from people Krakauer spoke to, from Krakauer himself. This book is all but ruined by the narrator. So why three stars? Well, the title says it all. Among other things, it helped bridge the gap between "what we think we know" and "what a near-death in the frozen wilderness is actually like". To the previous reviewer who questioned the need to include Krakauer's own experience: The story could easily be told without that section, but it would have suffered for the omission. I love the story, I think it's told perfectly, a wonderful balance between the life of Chris, his family, his friends, his rides, the people Chris was likened to, and Krakauer's own experiences. And for those who think this guy was just an idiot like Grizzly Man, there is much more to it than that. For anyone who has ever sought something more than the consumer world offers, this book will very likely push a few buttons. It is a story of survival, and of death, but it is also a story of idealism, struggle on many levels, seeking the immaterial, and a journey in itself, with much background information. The book has many points and was interesting on many levels and points of view. One reviewer said the book had no point and they just didn't get it. And there is much more to it than 'just a guy going into the wild and starving to death.' The end is interesting and unexpected. The story is not necessarily 'new,' but it is told in such a way that it was hard to put down. (which also made me not want to buy it), I thought the narration was suitable for the story and not bad at all. Contrary to the many negative reviews of the narrator, the story, etc. Then a friend said I'd love it, so I gave it a try. I had seen this book in the store many times but never thought it looked any good. It’s a picture of a snow covered, abandoned school bus – a bleak landscape, the middle of nowhere pines, a grey sky, no one in sight – that McCandless used as a shelter, stranded and struggling for survival in the wilds of Alaska. The cover photo sums up the reason why this book continues to haunt me. Make absolutely certain to get to a book store and at least flip through a copy. Crazier? McCandless or the young Krakauer? What you’re missing out on are the pictures of McCandless’ journeys. I’ll never forget his recollection of solo free-climbing (no safety ropes or partner) a very dangerous peak, thousands of feet in the air, with only his ice pick and crampons, feeling like his legs were going to go out from under him, and worrying that he’d faint, because behind his back just out of sight, there was nothing except the great roaring of nothingness and a drop to the ground that no one would witness.
He was a central participant in his infamous novel “Into Thin Air”. He used to be one of these reckless, idealistic young men. The rest of the book contains what otherwise might pass as filler – but isn’t the stories of other young men, their idealism gone awry, who wander into the wilderness on journeys of self discovery and mad attempts to triumph over nature. This is the story of Christopher Johnson McCandless – a young man with tremendous Jack London and Hemingway ideals that wanders unprepared into the Alaskan wilderness.
After you've read it, 'haunting' is the word I've never entirely escaped it. But unlike most last-minute-airport -purchased books, I had it in my hands at every opportunity until I finished it. It's slim pickings for anything other than a NYT Bestseller, Romance novel, or books on improving your golf swing. I picked this book up in an airport bookstore.
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