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lmfm's review
4.0
Picked up this one after hearing the author on the "Hike" podcast. This humorous and self-deprecating book chronicles the author's journey on the Shikoku pilgrimage, visiting 88 temples on a relatively quiet Japanese island, one that I knew basically nothing about before reading the book. Really liked it, though as an inveterate overplanner, the author's total lack of preparation for his journey gave me serious anxiety. I like books about physical challenges, adventure, travel, and learning about new places/cultures/traditions and this one checked all those boxes. I also appreciate that the book doesn't wrap up with a neat message/meaning-the author's own issues don't magically disappear at the end of his trip. It's about the struggle and the journey, not a pithy "take a long hike and all your problems will go away!" kind of story.
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