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The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest by Ed Caesar

ellie_cripps's review against another edition

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3.0

Pretty interesting though falling somewhat short of anything extraordinary. I think in reality there is not enough recorded substance to this story to justify a full book (resulting in a good amount of padding and clever storytelling in places) and it means it's hard not to doubt some of the wilder elements.

carlos1979's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

A truly brilliant tale of one of life’s maverick characters.
Not a massive book but packs plenty in, you can’t help but warm to the main character Maurice Wilson.
A fantastic piece of work from Ed Caesar.

elcapu's review against another edition

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informative sad medium-paced

3.0

jasreist's review

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adventurous medium-paced

3.5

ledimirnunez's review against another edition

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5.0

This was one of my favorite reads of the year. How daring, this man? Inspiring is the least powerful to describe his journies, but also the ability to find reasons for excitement and cultivate wild ideas has been ever present, but perhaps far more so now.

rogerd's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring medium-paced

4.0

davidsandilands's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

josepht61's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.0

csgiansante's review against another edition

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4.0

There's a fair bit of speculation in this book, but the general sense of je ne sais quoi keeps it interesting. Would make a good "Inspired by True Events" movie.

sraelling's review against another edition

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adventurous informative sad medium-paced

5.0