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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
4 reviews
barefootsierra's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Racism, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
matcha_cat's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
ashwaar's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.75
Born to Run is a hybrid non-fiction of investigative journalism, a journey to self-discovery and an exploration of the evolution of modern running. I love reading non-fiction about topics I previously knew nothing about and I found the chapters on ultramarathons and the development of the running shoe to be pretty interesting. But I found the writing style to be quite dramatic and exaggerated like McDougall expects everyone else to be as automatically passionate and flabbergasted by these running discoveries as he is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Colonisation
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Not bad! I don’t care much about sports/running, but this was an interesting way to learn a very small bit about the Tarahumara tribe and about a big race in my home state. Some rumblings of eurocentrism and colonial mindset, but nothing like outright xenophobia. The author does give sexism in sports a pass by including it without commentary. Otherwise, an interesting read. Loved the vivid and creative descriptions throughout.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexism and Colonisation
Drug cartels, cartel violence
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