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Book Review of Into the Wild

Into the Wild
Into the Wild
Author: Jon Krakauer
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
Book Type: Paperback
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This book wasn't exactly what I was expecting. I assumed the book would be an edited form of Chris's journal. (This was my mistake, and what lowered my opinion of the book greatly.) The author of the book jumps around an awful lot in the story often repeating himself, and repeating himself. He also gets off track by telling his own story and numerous other peoples' stories. There are some similarities, ie both people went into the wilderness never to be herd from again, but that is about all you learn of the people he randomly brings up. The book as it's told would have been a lot better off as a 103 page novel instead of 203 pages.