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Summary: Guffaw InThe Woods
Review: This book is sophisticated, witty and funny. Anyone who isn't taken with it should be sentenced to a night locked in the camping department of a sporting goods store.
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Summary: A Must Read
Review: Until my final year of college I have read a total of 4 novels in my life. Then I ended up reading 14 in one semester. So I decided to read something for fun, and that is what this book is. This book is perfect for people who love to hike, camp or live a simple life, but it is even better for people who don't normally like to read.
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Summary: A great start, but a weak finish
Review: I was hoping for more personal interaction with the people on the trail in this book. He speaks on the environment (verbosely) and barely grazes the depth of the characters he encountered. There are some gems in here, but could have been better.
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Summary: I thought the author would never reach the end of the trail
Review: I have read all of Bill Bryson's books and enjoyed them all immensely but I have been disappointed by this book. Despite some hilarious moments the book is overlong and very repetitive.
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Summary: A Walk in the Woods: Redescovering America on the Appalachia
Review: From the moment I picked the book up and began to read it, my night was over. I could not put the book down. Anybody who has done just one night of camping could find themselves in this book.
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Summary: Take a Pill, This Book Is Not Supposed to Be A Guidebook
Review: Why is it that most of the criticism of this book is because the author didn't finish the AT or that the author did not show the proper fealty when talking about it(the AT) I especially enjoy the negative reviews by readers who were disappointed because the book did not teach them about the trail, Open your eyes, look at the cover. Does it look like an instructional manual? Does it profess to be one? I have to laugh at the righteous indignity of the "Real Hikers" who were upset by the authors "Failure" How many of those morons have ever hiked 800 plus miles? The book was a very well written, very humourous look at the adventures of two middle aged out of shape men on the AT. In addition to that the author provides a great deal of information regarding geology, botany and history and does so without beating the topics to death.
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Summary: Pleasant read
Review: I was given this book as a Christmas present and read it right away. Not enough detail for hikers researching the AT, but very enjoyable all the same. If you are interested in some AT history and getting a general idea about hiking the AT, you'll get it here. Complete with comic insights and insults. Enjoy
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Summary: Enjoy Bryson¿s wonderful journey!
Review: This is truly an amusing romp in the woods. If not for Bryson and Katz, it certainly is for the reader. It is especially worthwhile listening to the story on audio tape, as the notes of anguish and others of hilarity come out so well in narration. The book is not only fun, but educational as well. Bryson loves to throw in tidbits of information on all aspects of his trail environment. Katz is an incredibly funny individual (although I'm not sure I'd choose him as a hiking partner if I had a strenuous trail to hike and needed a reliable partner). For some light-hearted yet interesting reading, grab this book.
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Summary: Begins strong but fizzles
Review: I bought this book based on an excerpt from Outside magazine. The excerpt and some of the parts that follow are the best parts and unfortunately the story fizzles about halfway through. I don't blame bryson, who is a master storyteller, but his travels just became less interesting with the departure of his companion, Katz. Still, it's a pretty good read with some interesting history interspersed. It made me want to read his story of a trip with Katz to Europe.Also recommended: Bad Trips -- collected stories of vacation disasters. Pillars of Hercules -- paul Theroux
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Summary: Cheated Out of a Long Walk
Review: Whereas Bryson's writing style is entertaining and he offers some interesting sidebars about out of the way locales, I bought the book and started to read it expecting it to be about a through-hiker on the Appalacian Trail. Unfortunately, only the bottom quarter or so was actually hiked as a "through-hike" with the rest of the trail (the majority of it) being covered by sporadic day hikes. Even at the end of the book when the author attempted Maine's 100 mile wilderness and a shot at redemption, he elected to quit after one day. As such, although the book kept me turning pages while I was reading it, I finished feeling CHEATED. I felt this story had been packaged as "an adventure novel" promising to chronicle the AT from top to bottom, but what I got was a bit about the trail with lots of interesting sidebars. A good read, but buy it knowing what you're getting into.
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