Eh.

I was really excited about reading this book. I waited to get it for the longest time and I had just heard great things about it. I have to say that I was let down.

Don't get me wrong, the story was phenomenal. How Greg Mortenson got started and all the things he did/is continuing to do in Pakistan just blows me away. He really is an inspiration. However, the writing was pretty awful. I couldn't get into his style and I got bored with it even when kind of exciting things were happening. There were lengthy descriptions of random stuff that didn't really matter and all these flowery words that seemed misused.

My favorite chapter, because I love a good love story, was Six Days. I 'aww'ed all the way through it. I also enjoyed the very beginning and the very end. Outside of that, this was just ok for me. I wish that he had gotten someone else to write his story because it could have been incredible.

And I have to say: Although I kind of trudged through this book and didn't all the way enjoy it, I'm glad I read it because it opened my eyes to things that I was previously unaware of, and that's always a positive thing.