Into the Wild in Read the Movie

Feb 23, 2015 Erika B. (SOS BOOKS) rated it really liked it

Shelves: language, adult-read, inspire-me, bio-auto-graphy, intense

"Two years he walks the Earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road.."

The picture above is the last picture taken of Chris McCandless alive. It was about this point in his great Alaskan journey that he realized he wasn't going to make it out alive, so he decided to write this goodbye letter and eerily wave goodbye to the camera. The note he is holding says "I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and ma ...more

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Jul 14, 2018 Bea Zee rated it really liked it

Worth the read.

The book is focused on Chris McCandless but it also tells the stories of other people who craved nature's company more than anyone else's. It's interesting to read about lives that are so different from my own.

I didn't give it 5 stars because sometimes there were more details than needed. The color of the blinds in someone's house, the way some dog walked, the names of his mother's siblings. But the rest was great, I would give it 4,5 stars if it was possible. ...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Tara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I saw the movie that was based on this book back when it came out and was intrigued by the story. I was too young (elementary school age) to remember when the actual news story came out about Chris McCandless and his ill-fated journey into the Alaskan wilderness, so the movie was my first I'd heard of it. The book has been on my to-read list ever since. It's a short read (200 pages), so I finally decided to pick it up.

Chris McCandless was a bright college graduate who decided to burn all of hi ...more

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