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A review by mariaoverbooked
Thin Air: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver
4.0
This was 3.5 until that ending, wow.
This was a haunting story about the power of nature, the cruelty of ego, and the naivety of man. Our main character, and most of these characters are not exactly likable. He's spoiled, self centered, not very understanding about locals and they're customs and even downright rude sometimes. He's a doctor who seems to care about humans while at the same time seeing his work more as duty than care.
He's on a trek (the year is 1935) to the top of a mountain that has already stolen countless lives. It's when he and his companions start the climb that things begin to take a turn. First, the mountain shows how cruel nature can be and then...there's something else haunting the mountain. Something dark, something tied to the past that won't let go.
This book escalates like the slope of the mountain itself. It starts out with a sense of wrongness that grows and grows until the end. It's a short book that I managed to devour in two days but it's one that I think will stick with me for a while.
This was a haunting story about the power of nature, the cruelty of ego, and the naivety of man. Our main character, and most of these characters are not exactly likable. He's spoiled, self centered, not very understanding about locals and they're customs and even downright rude sometimes. He's a doctor who seems to care about humans while at the same time seeing his work more as duty than care.
He's on a trek (the year is 1935) to the top of a mountain that has already stolen countless lives. It's when he and his companions start the climb that things begin to take a turn. First, the mountain shows how cruel nature can be and then...there's something else haunting the mountain. Something dark, something tied to the past that won't let go.
This book escalates like the slope of the mountain itself. It starts out with a sense of wrongness that grows and grows until the end. It's a short book that I managed to devour in two days but it's one that I think will stick with me for a while.