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protoman21's review
3.0
An entertaining book about a woman who seeks adventure all over the world in order to satisfy a yearning inside her that just isn't satisfied by modern society. Lucy enjoys the thrill of exploring and being alone in remote locations. Though she does some of her adventuring with other people along for the ride, it is clear that she is a lone wolf and prefers her only company to be the flora and fauna around her. The book is broken into a chapter per adventure and some are more compelling than others. I particularly enjoyed the one where she attempted to spot a mountain lion and the one where she went to Antarctica. Her Antarctica trip in particular was fascinating since she was exploring territory that very few of us will ever see or experience. The stories that focused more on her fear and inner demons were less interesting to me and I found myself getting pulled into her gloomy attitude rather than be pumped up by the thrills in her other adventures.
mkat303's review
5.0
While I'd read several of these essays in anthologies before, I was glad to read them again. Also, while I'd never really been interested in Antarctica before (it's cold, and inhospitable--'Nuff said), I really enjoyed Blesoe's essay about the continent and her time there.
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