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Customers find this book to be a riveting and highly readable adventure narrative, praising its compelling storytelling and first-hand account. The writing is elegant and thorough, with one customer noting how it manages to show readers what everyone was doing and thinking. Customers appreciate the book's informative content, with one review highlighting how it explains the mystic nature of Everest, while others describe it as heartwrenching and impossible to put down.
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1138 customers mention content, 1076 positive, 62 negative
...Jon krakauer is a beautiful, lyrical writer. Five stars.Read more
Great book. I got through it in a few days because I couldn't put it down. Krakauer has called the movie bs but I thought it complemented the book....Read more
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An excellent, well written and researched tale of courage, obsession and frailty in the face of a implacable alien environment deeply hostile to...Read more
821 customers mention readability, 745 positive, 76 negative
Great read - I read this in the middle of hiking a ton of volcanoes in Ecuador, where I live, and it was interesting/scary to know what can happen.Read more
Good read, a mountaineers account - debates notwithstanding. Made me feel like I was on the mountain myself. Recommended readingRead more
If you are at all an Everest fan, this is a must read. The story of one man and his experience and opinion of an speakable tragedy.Read more
was recommended read from a friend. loved it .. makes me want to try the climb myself.. really good read.Read more
402 customers mention story, 374 positive, 28 negative
...It's a great story about a man's journey to climb Everest and all of the accomplishments and tragedies involved. Highly recommended!Read more
Tragic story told from one of the climbers. It is an amazing story of several of the climbers that year, what went wrong, what could have been...Read more
This is my second read of this incredible story. I have read many books on Everest, and this one is eye opening....Read more
...Gripping story; written with compassion, patience and insight. Has inspired me to look into mountaineering and hiking more seriously.Read more
354 customers mention writing quality, 341 positive, 13 negative
I love all books on Everest and this was one of the best. Well written, one almost felt that you were on the South Col at 27,000 feet in the storm....Read more
After seeing the movie I just needed to read the book as well. Very well written, it was thrilling from the beginning until the end, although I knew...Read more
...It is so well written and easy to read. I could picture every part of the mountain and the way every character looked....Read more
...about it...after read this I conclude that Jon Krakauer is an excellent writer, since I think is very difficult to explain, to all of us, what he...Read more
244 customers mention informative, 237 positive, 7 negative
Great book! I read it in 3 days. Suspenseful and informative, everything you look for in a book like this.Read more
Easy to read, interesting, insightful, relatable, is an ultimate portrayal of human desires, struggles, errors, strengths, integrity, judgments both...Read more
Good book - educational and a very interesting read - can't wait to see the movie now. Also enjoyed his book titled Into The Wild.Read more
...I am still reading and so far, the book has been very informative and true to the story that I had read about.Read more
231 customers mention emotional, 202 positive, 29 negative
Heartbreaking and frustrating...Well written and seemingly objective in my opinion...It spurs me to chase and conquer my dreams and any obstacles...Read more
...take a deep breath until you finally finish reading this captivating, tragic and true story. If you love suspense, mystery, action,Read more
A thrilling but sad and scary story. Makes you wonder why anyone would have risk their life in this manner.Read more
This book was so descriptive and heart wrenching. Makes me never even want to see everest on the skyline. MortalityRead more
188 customers mention detailed, 169 positive, 19 negative
...number of the accounts from others and this was the most engaging and detailed -- but then he is a writer as well as a climber while the others...Read more
This book was so descriptive and heart wrenching. Makes me never even want to see everest on the skyline. MortalityRead more
...Well written and very descriptive, the author makes you feel what climbing Everest is really like, from the brain haze of high altitude to the bone...Read more
...His account seems unbiased and thorough....Read more
172 customers mention engrossing, 169 positive, 3 negative
...So well written I couldn't put it down. Jon Krakauer adds responses and clarifications to other authors' criticisms of his account of events....Read more
I really enjoyed this book and once I got started could not put it down. The description of events pertaining to this tragedy were well detailed....Read more
Great book. I got through it in a few days because I couldn't put it down. Krakauer has called the movie bs but I thought it complemented the book....Read more
Fun to read and hard to put down. I would love a chapter at the end of how his opinions have differed since writing the book so close to the event.Read more
