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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
33 reviews
ksuazo94's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Medical content
leefox's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Mental illness
oceanwriter's review against another edition
5.0
All I could wonder while reading was, 'is risking your life really worth conquering the summit?'. Apparently given how many have attempted it throughout history, the answer is yes. Simply picking up this book or those like it is a testament to human curiosity and thirst for adventure. While I am personally content to read about other people's travels when it comes to climbing mountains, there were a number of times throughout the book I envisioned myself out there in the below-freezing cold. Though this book is not short on the devastating loss of lives, I can ultimately understand why someone might find the risks and exhaustion worth it.
This was the second book by Jon Krakauer I've read and I enjoyed it just as much as the first.
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Excrement and Vomit
alphacenterin's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
prairieraven's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, and Abandonment
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, and Vomit
armontheroad's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Sexual content, and Transphobia
jkfulr62's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Excrement and Vomit
horizonous's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, and Car accident
◦ Death = Friends◦ Mental illness = Survivor guilt
belle2008's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit
niltic's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Several people die, are injured, traumatised, and abandoned during the events. Descriptions are not gratuitous, but the unprocessed trauma and grief of the author make it relatively raw to read.