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Alive: The True Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read
14 reviews
srm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I already knew this was a remarkable story, but it was so wonderful to find it so extremely well written.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Alcohol
amkemp's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
lianne_rooney's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Excrement, and Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
ledegennaro's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.0
This was shockingly boring to me. I know that’s not great to say about such a harrowing true story, but I just did not enjoy reading it at all. And it wasn’t because of the cannibalism. I appreciated the survivors grit and how dedicated they were to making it out alive. However, I felt like the book was incredibly repetitive. I kept thinking I had accidentally flipped back a few pages and was re-reading the same passage on fighting over cigarettes. The actual people definitely are inspiring and fascinating. But what I expected to be a fast past survival story ended up feeling like a real slog.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail