Author: Jon Krakauer
Number of Pages: 203
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Review:
Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, is a very well written book that emphases how nature can be unforgiving even if it doesn’t seem like it. Chris McCandless drops everything in his life, donates all the money he has in his bank account to charity and tries his best to disappear with his goal to live in the wild. Changing his name and working small jobs here and there to make a little money so he could make his way to Alaska, McCandless decided that the best way to live was to live free in nature all on his own. His family didn’t know where he was, and he wanted to keep it that way. He lived like he wanted to in the wild away from the stresses of society.
This book was very unique because Jon Krakauer tells the story in pieces that aren’t all in order, and helps piece together why McCandless decided to go live in the wild. He uses letters written by McCandless to the people he met along the way and stories from those people to find out what McCandless did in the time after he decided to go by a different name. It’s also a captivating because Krakauer also adds in his own stories of his experiences in the wild and how he figured out that nature is a lot more dangerous than he originally thought. Krakauer can relate to McCandless with how he too is drawn to nature making the book interesting and easy to read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys nature and doesn’t mind that the story isn’t told in order. Also if you don’t mind how Krakauer adds in other stories that relate to the story of Chris McCandless along with some of his own experiences, that creates depth and makes the story as a whole more interesting, it’s the book for you. Krakauer is a storyteller like no other because his background of writing articles for magazines and so his style of writing is similar to what you would find in a magazine. Overall I would recommend the book to anyone because the way it’s written is unique and it’s a great story.
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