Into the Wild in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Dec 15, 2009 Kerry rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, audiobook, fromthelibrary

A well-written, fair account of a dumb kid. I thought that by the end I'd feel either pity or derision for him, most likely derision -- but Krakauer made me feel more sympathy for him than I thought I would, and helped me to understand him. So, good on him.

I would like to see the movie now. ...more

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Jan 01, 2014 Ann rated it liked it

Shelves: nonfiction

first heard a report about this story on NPR. Not told chronologically, but to draw episodes from the young man's life to show different facets of his character, then also to compare him to others who have also tested themselves against the cold nature of the North (or of the desert or other lonely places, like the Irish monks who left Iceland because a few other people moved in and it got too crowded), and may or may not have survived.

I was expecting more, which of course is foolish, given tha ...more

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Apr 19, 2010 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: non-fiction, memoir-and-bio, exploration-and-adventure

This is my second Krakauer book this spring, but probably only picked this up because my teen book discussion group picked this unanimously, and that almost never happens. A short account of a young man who picks up and heads to Alaska where, months later he is dead. What would cause somebody to just walk away into the west, abandoning their family and previous life? I can’t say that I am any more informed as to how somebody could make that decision, but it was informative on some of these wande ...more

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