Author: Jon Krakauer
Number of Pages:224
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review: Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, is a book about a man’s life and his adventures through the wilderness. Chris McCandless is a young man who decided to leave everything, his family and home to go to Alaska and live in the wilderness. Donating all of his money to charity and working in different states to get to Alaska, he wants to be free and live his own life. McCandless doesn’t tell his parents that he left, and he wanted it that way.
This book is unique because it is told sporadically. To help us figure out what happened to McCandless and why he moved to the wilderness. McCandless changed his name at the start of his adventure, the narrator uses his letters and stories from the people he met along the way to find out what happened to him from when he changed his names. Another thing that is unique about this book is that Krakauer uses events from his real life in the story. Krakauer can relate to McCandless because they both went through the struggles of nature making the book very interesting and fun to read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a storyteller that does not tell the story in a perfect order and he relates his own life to the story. Also, this book would be a perfect fit for people who love a great wilderness thrill. The book is so mysterious and exciting with every turn that makes the book thrilling and wonderous. Into the wild is a great read that is a mixture of mystery and thrill great for any reader looking for a good story.
Sounds like a very interesting read, great review!
ReplyDeleteI also read this book, and I thought the nonlinear storytelling was really interesting. If felt like as the reader you found the information in the same order he did, so it was like being apart of an investigation into Chris's life
ReplyDeleteSolid review Tim, I can see you liking this book a lot.
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