Into The Wild book review

Title of the Book: Into The Wild  
Author: Jon Krakauer
 Number of Pages: 215
 Rating: ☆☆☆☆

Review:

A boy by the name of Chris McCandless wanders from his home in spite to go on an adventure. His dream is to live off the land in the Alaskan Wilderness, but he doesn’t realize he’ll experience much more than what he hopes. The book takes you on a journey through McCandless’ life, telling stories from hitchhiking across the country to spending months on end alone in the wilderness. Jon Krakauer did a very good job writing this book because he knows a thing or two about the Alaskan wilderness. He shares his story of climbing the dangerous Devil’s Thumb, a monstrous mountain that only few have ever touched. Some would say Krakauer’s experiences are similar to McCandless, making a perfect match for telling this story.

This book is nothing like the movie they made about Chris McCandless. If you really want to know his story from every little detail, I would recommend that you read this book. It’s filled with characters that aren’t mentioned in the movie, and new experiences as well. If you’ve never seen the movie, then I would definitely recommend you read the book first. McCandless was a young adult, dealing with personal issues just like a lot of young adults do today, but his issues were on a deeper level. Have you ever just wanted to run away from home and never talk to your parents again? Well that is what Chris did. He wanted to live his life the way he saw it, not the way his parents were forcing. The adventure in this book is endless and you won’t want to put it down at some points.

I think most readers will enjoy this book, but if you really like travel and adventure then this is a book you must read. It’s dedicated to Chris’ life and it does a great job telling the story that Americans criticized. Some people will say Chris McCandless was an idiot, but I bet they didn’t read this book.