Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of Into the Wild

Into the Wild
Into the Wild
Author: Jon Krakauer
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
ellzeena avatar reviewed on + 149 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3


This book broke my heart. A young man, confused and most likely suffering from some sort of psychiatric problem, throws his life away in his search for "freedom", and not even deliberately. Circumstance alone, coupled with extreme naivete and lack of preparation, result in the loss of a sensitive boy who may have made an enormous difference in the lives of those he encountered had he lived.