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O Lado Selvagem by Jon Krakauer

august_890's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

alexwegs's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

wheresmyalimenty's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

jitskeb's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

slb05's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

happilywilted's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

It was interesting to read this, because so much of what was experienced with Christopher is unknown and just secondhand information or partial knowledge. I feel much sadness that he passed, but understand that most came from his unpreparedness, despite what caused his death mostly being out of his hands. A tragic story. 

tempest_arising's review against another edition

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I was expecting a survival story, not just how Chris interacted with the entirety of America before succumbing to hubris.

emilybilodeau's review against another edition

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5.0

WHY DID THEY MOVE THE BUS WHY WHY WHY

lwalker77's review against another edition

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4.0

I didn’t know anything about the Chris McCandless story before reading this book. It’s a quick read and very interesting. I recommend it.

marimbino's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Ciò che conta sono le esperienze, i ricordi, l’immensa gioia di vivere a fondo, che dischiude il significato vero dell’esistenza.

C’è tanta gente infelice che tuttavia non prende l’iniziativa di cambiare la propria situazione perché è condizionata dalla sicurezza, dal conformismo, dal tradizionalismo, tutte cose che sembrano assicurare la pace dello spirito, ma in realtà per l’animo avventuroso di un uomo non esiste nulla di più devastante di un futuro certo. Il vero nucleo dello spirito vitale di una persona è la passione per l’avventura.

Poteva stare da solo senza sentirsi tale.

Il giovane tolstoiano considerava la ricchezza qualcosa di vergognoso, corruttivo, intrinsicamente maligno, ma ironicamente possedevano un’innata indole da capitalista e riusciva a riempirsi le tasche con prodigiosa destrezza.