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In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
2 reviews
msagerber's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Death, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racism, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Trafficking
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Car accident
There are probably more content warnings, but basically it is tough stuff! That being said, I am changed from reading this and so glad I pushed through, it is so incredibly powerful.mariakureads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
3.0
I came into this book hoping to listen to what drove the author to make this journey to Mount Everest.
What I didn't expect was so much of her private life to be woven into that drive as I was hoping, thanks to the blurb, to read more about the climb itself - teh adventure of getting to the summit, the risks, the people involved, the climb itself.
What I got has a non-linear memoir that had more to do with her family, the abuse at a hands of a family friend that she was gaslight to believe was the start of a life with him, the supression of that and eventually her sexuality, her alcoholism, and the dangers of it, which she ties into different parts of climbing.
I appreciate what the author did and how this narrative was written, for it's well done, but it's also more than I expected for what I wanted to hear. It's well written and I can see the praise of it but I was hoping for more of her talking about the Everest climb itself.
What I didn't expect was so much of her private life to be woven into that drive as I was hoping, thanks to the blurb, to read more about the climb itself - teh adventure of getting to the summit, the risks, the people involved, the climb itself.
What I got has a non-linear memoir that had more to do with her family, the abuse at a hands of a family friend that she was gaslight to believe was the start of a life with him, the supression of that and eventually her sexuality, her alcoholism, and the dangers of it, which she ties into different parts of climbing.
I appreciate what the author did and how this narrative was written, for it's well done, but it's also more than I expected for what I wanted to hear. It's well written and I can see the praise of it but I was hoping for more of her talking about the Everest climb itself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, and Rape
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
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