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Summary: half good book should be half price
Review: Hello my name is Aaron and I read this book for my senior world literature class. For my great teacher Matau :) Into Thin Air was definetly a well written historical thriller about the recent travesty in 1996 on Mt. Everest. The chapters varied from random tidbits about the mountain with information that sounded like it was straight from a text book to an action packed drama.
The book had me clinching to it not being able to put it down one minute but then the next minute I would find myself taking aim at the garbage can wishing it wasnt the school's property.
Thus I give a score of a three stars. It was a five star book one section and the next a one, if math has taught me anything the average is three.
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Summary: Fantastic Read!
Review: an elaboration of the article published in Outside magazine. A real life account of the 1996 Mt. Everest expedition, Krakauer tells the tale of his wonderful summit, and terrifying descent.
13 stars!
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Summary: Surviving the "Death Zone"
Review: I had heard nothing but great accolades towards this book from people all around me. Thus, after years of seeing it in bookstores, I finally decided it was time to do myself justice and read this facinating piece of work. The thought of "Mount Everest" conjures up images of adventure, heroism, and mysticism...even as kids, we all imagined ourselves triumphantly planting a flag on the peak of Everest after a hard climb to the top (in truth, we just scaled a rather large ant-hill). Thus, the mere image of Everest invokes emotions in people of all ages...both young and old. It was only after reading this book did I realize that the mountain had a dark-side...a side that has taken the lives of hundreds of people who have attempted to "conquer" it. I first heard about the disastrous events that occur in this book a few years back, but never really followed up on it. However, I can honestly say, I will never forget these events till the day I die...such power lies in this book, that it leaves you feeling cold, numb and possibly frost-bitten every time you put the book down. However, like the climbers described in the book, who are close to death, unable to think, let alone move, and yet continue to scale the mountain, the reader simply cannot put this book down... I finished the book in under two days. It is evoking and mind-provoking. Above all, it provides a clear picture of how the human spirit can endure, even when the physical body it occupies is dead (literally). I was utterly amazed to hear that some of the climbers survived negative -100 degree weather...I practically cry when the thermometer drops below 50 degress...how could novice climbers survive and live to tell this tale, while others, like Scott Fisher and Rob Hall (considered the most experienced climbers in the world before their deaths) succumb to mortality. I dont know, nor can anyone really say...fate, luck, skill or sheer good will by the Gods? We will never know... Regardless of theory, the author does an expectional job in providing the details and events that led up to this catastrophic event. His explanations are non-biased and full of technical expertise. In short, you cant go wrong reading "Into Thin Air"...it may even make you want to climb a mountain (probably not Everest though)!
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Summary: But what REALLY happened...?
Review: This is a very entertaining book, but it does not give credits to the real hero, Anatoli Boukreev. He was the one who saved lives, not Krakauer. Krakauer is not even able to admit that he was nothing but trouble to everyone.
I recommend Anatoli's own book, "The Climb", to be read instead of this one.
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Summary: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Review: I loved this book~ Jon did a wonderful job telling about the Everest Disaster. At times while reading I found myself actually gasping for air~ I did have the opportunity to meet Jon when he came to Dallas, (Richardson, Texas) to speak, his slide show was excellent. He is an increadable man and I admire him and his honesty and very candid account of what happend during the fateful climb. This book is a MUST READ for anyone ~ intersted in Everest or not , you will love this book~ Well worth the purchase. This book is a real page turner. Only leaving you wanting to read more. Buy this Book! You will be "glad you did"~
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Summary: Not a Beck Weathers fan
Review: I read INTO THIN AIR and learned alot, both about geography and about a sport I've never explored before. The biggest flaw to me in this book was the character development. As he introduced the people they began to blend together and didn't distinguish themselves until chapter's later...some of them didn't develop at all. As a journalist I was intrigued that Beck Weathers graduated from a high school just 10 miles from my TV station and graduated from the university in our town. I contacted him about doing a story that most are unfamiliar with in the area and he declined with a sense of arrogance. Krakauer also saw that arrogance and mentioned it in his book.
Other than some confusion with character development the book played out as a thrilling drama. I would definately give Krakauer another shot at entertaining me.
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Summary: To 29,000 feet up and back
Review: My name is Katie and I am a senior in high school. I read the book, Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, as a lit circle assignment in my senior English class. Though the book was mostly a history lesson, it was also some-what interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read long novels about real life, dramatic occurrences, people's pain and hardships, and the prices one risks to take an adventure to the heights of the world. When you read this book you will get a sense of the events happening on the mountain, and what the people in the book are feeling. It's almost as if you are there yourself. It's a story you will never forget.
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Summary: Surviving Death On Top Of The World
Review: Jon Krakauer, the author of Into Thin Air, tells am amazing story of a life threatening experience. This book is hard to put down after the first 200 pages. The beginning is full of information that is important to the novel but it's not the most thrilling. After fighting through the first 200 pages the story was exciting, disgusting, and inspiring. I give this book 3 stars. It is not quite a 4 star book but defiantly a high quality story. If you like true stories, and you are not busy this book is well worth your spare time.
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Summary: Made Me Want to Climb the Nearest Mountain
Review: An amazing and tragic expedition to the Earth's ceiling that cost the lives of twelve people. This is the narrative account of a journalist, the author, who accompanied the fateful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest in May of 1996. The author is one of two men who reached the summit that day and lived to tell the tale. This account describes chain of events that culminated in disaster. The men and women on Mount Everest that season included professional guides who claimed they could get anybody to the top, native Himalayan mountain-men called Sherpas, and wealthy thrill-seekers who had little more than a few rigorous hikes under their belts but were able to pay the guide fees. This was a recipe for calamity. His account is a bit cathartic but well told. He states the facts and leaves the assigning of blame to the reader. I would especially recommend this book to all of the adrenaline junkies and extreme sport enthusiasts.
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Summary: Death at 29,028 feet
Review: "Into Thin Air" was a book that I didn't expect. when I read the summary, I thought it was going to be biography's of the men and woman who died. But it was way more than just that. It told the story of the whole tragedy, I didn't, however, like the history of the mountain and past expeditions. Towards the end of the book, I really started to get into it. By the end of the book, I really felt sorry for the victims and their families. I would recommend this book, but only to a person with the kind of patience to get through all the histroy. But once you are all through that, its a way worth read!!!!!!!!
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