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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

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aeriecircus's review

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adventurous funny informative medium-paced

3.5

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missrosymaplemoth's review

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3.0

Nana and Papa recommended this. This book amused me. It could have done without details of Katz and his (and the author’s) many sexist comments. Still, I enjoyed it enough.

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kmrose's review against another edition

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adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

I didn’t love this. It was funny at times, but the overall tone is so dismissive of the normal people that he met hiking (of which he was one, I might point out!). There’s a lot of misogynistic, body shaming musing and I was annoyed most of the time that I was reading it. Not exactly what I’d hoped from musings of enjoying nature.

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maylisemma's review

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3.0

The last fifteen pages made me rethink everything I'd disliked about this book. Namely, how disagreeable Bryson had been throughout (examples in the spoilers). The constant complaints about the other people on the trail, even those of Katz (however the progression of his opinion of Katz made me cherish the passages with him). Basically if Katz wasn't part of the current section then I had a strong urge to skip a few pages. All in all, good book to get an idea of the AT, if only Bryson were a more sympathetic narrator.

Him and Katz ditching that woman who was hiking alone (she did seem beyond annoying but it doesn't seem in trail spirit to ditch someone), calling the lesbian who'd been murdered "friends" with the woman she'd gone on the AT with and was engaging in more-than-friendly activity with (okay it was 1998 I'll let it slide), and just all the other complaints

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tomnoor's review against another edition

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3.0

Really liked the travelogue, really disliked how mean the author was in the name of humor, I guess

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starsnstitchin's review

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slow-paced

1.25

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meganpbennett's review against another edition

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adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

People have told me for years that I needed to read A Walk in the Woods, about how funny it is and how accurate it is.

I found it a lot like the various gaps and notches and other trail aspects - a bit of a slog, and with no payoff. It's a mildly entertaining story of two men who have no idea what they've gotten themselves into setting off for Georgia with the idea that they'll walk to Maine in about 4-5 months.

The best aspects are by far the history of the trail, the stories about the environment, and the asides Bryson throws in about where they are.

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