Pat L. (PitterPat) reviewed on 7/22/2008

I expected so much more from this book. As I read it, I kept thinking that the only reason it was written is because McCandless was from a well to-do family and could quote Thoreau. Many young men and women go on great adventures and don't make the stupid mistakes McCandless did. Many go on adventures without disowning their mother and sister. McCandless seemed to have suffered from some form of depression or other mental illness. It's a shame that so many young people are seeing him as a hero.

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