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

10 reviews

kingaion's review against another edition

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4.0

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phantomgecko's review against another edition

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3.0

It was okay. My biggest turnoff was how arrogant the author is at various points. I've outgrown thinking rants where you make fun of other people are funny. Like, cool. You think Europe is better than America. And you think you're better than Americans because you've lived in Europe.

Some criticism is warranted: park services need to be better, preservation should be better, cities should be walkable. That's all valid and dealt with well enough. What isn't necessary is whining about fat people and how ugly things are and how stupid you think Americans are. It's pathetic.

Also, p sure he complained for the entire book about one thing or another. Exhausting. Not funny.

Still, it was informative when he wasn't being a jerk about things.
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saltycoffee's review against another edition

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3.75

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kmrose's review against another edition

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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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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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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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samchase112's review against another edition

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3.0

RTC!
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anothersarah's review

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3.5

Reread this and cringed at the way that women were represented when mentioned. The information about the trail was wonderful though- so this one was hard to star, still not sure I landed properly.
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sophiet's review against another edition

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3.0

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