Into The Wild (movie Tie-in Edition)

Didn't like the writing style

4 months ago

The author jumps all over the place and uses 3-4 different names for the boy

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A different bird, that Alex Supertramp

16 months ago

Into the Wild is a true account of Christopher McCandless’s foolhardy pilgrimage to his death in the wilderness of Alaska. Although he was clearly suffering from hubris, this passionate idealist was on a mission to understand himself and his connection to nature, in his solo journey under the alias Alex Supertramp. There is no shortage of irony in this tragedy, as this young man who once had a dream of putting an end to world hunger, and even donated all of his savings to this cause, died of… + read more

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Compelling Tale

18 months ago

As would be expected, even better than the hollywood production! A book worth reading and one that is sure to induce ones sense of wonder.

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Freedom or death?

2 years ago

Christopher McCandless was the bright kid who excelled in his academics and sports, who came from a well to-do and seemingly loving family. Somehow he gave up his life (permanently or not, did he even plan it in the first place?), donated his scholarship fund to charity and left for the wild. What drove him to this? Jon Krakauer traces Christopher "Alex Supertramp" McCandless's trail, providing evidences and assumptions as to this fateful journey, first into the south and then to the cold… + read more

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Awesome

2 years ago

The author tells the story of this young man very well and intersperses it with stories of other comparable young men who have ventured into the wild. I saw the movie and had to get the book and it did not disappoint me at all. Highly recommended!

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Beautiful Tragedy

2 years ago

Hmm, I'm not even really sure what I want to say. He was brave and very stubborn. But like most of us, we have goals to accomplish, some far too extravagant, but most attainable. Most people were too quick to judge him through Krakauer's article, he could have survived, and I think that he just started to panic too much after he tried to cross the river again that he became careless, I suppose you could say, as to what he food he could scrounge from his surroundings. He could've made it… + read more

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Didn't finish it!

2 years ago

i guess I was expecting more of a story from the subjects perspective but that was not possible as no one knew what happened to him. So the trail is rather boring and redundant with interviews with people who had contact with him but they all had the same thing to say, and little was know what really was going through his head. I found it unsatisfying and could not finish it, hope the movie was better.

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Great Read

2 years ago

I thought this was a great, well written book. At times you think Mccandless was a brilliant man, other times you think wow how ridiculous. If only he had a map....Great read though, I could not put it down!

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Well written, enlightening

2 years ago

I really enjoyed this book. To start with the author admits at the beginning he tried to remain impartial but there are bits within the book that his biased shows. At the very beginning he stated this. That encouraged me to read the book more than the story itself. The story is powerful and very emotional. For me there were times that I felt Chris McCandles was brave and someone who dared embrace his dreams. Other times I was very frustrated with Chris. Joh Krakauer also compares Chris… + read more

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