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heidihaverkamp's review against another edition
4.0
The famous young woman who took four camels and her dog on a pretty rough, but powerful, solo journey over 30 years ago. I learned a lot about Australia, its politics and harsh desert landscape. I also learned a lot about camels - fun!
1madchild's review against another edition
4.0
i adore this book and this story.
i remember the first time i saw the film. i was on a plane. i dont remember where i was going, probalay to or from home. i cryed my little heart out.
watched the film again recently, and knew i had to read the book this time.
It came at a perfect time in my life, a great homecoming read. i thought it might be difficult and thought i might prefer to listen to it. but form the first page i was captivated. i devoured it. fully immersed. amazing writing. much more in depth and really portrayed a differnt trip then the film, but i loved it all the same.
i will probaly have to buy a copy. loved the map, i just knew that was hamlin pool. i cant wait to visit again.
also really liked the aboriginal portayal in this, and the way it was intertwined. informative but not patronising.
i remember the first time i saw the film. i was on a plane. i dont remember where i was going, probalay to or from home. i cryed my little heart out.
watched the film again recently, and knew i had to read the book this time.
It came at a perfect time in my life, a great homecoming read. i thought it might be difficult and thought i might prefer to listen to it. but form the first page i was captivated. i devoured it. fully immersed. amazing writing. much more in depth and really portrayed a differnt trip then the film, but i loved it all the same.
i will probaly have to buy a copy. loved the map, i just knew that was hamlin pool. i cant wait to visit again.
also really liked the aboriginal portayal in this, and the way it was intertwined. informative but not patronising.
ocurtsinger's review against another edition
4.0
I found this to be a stunning read; Davidson combines great narration with a critic's wit to create an engaging travelogue. I found her frustrated emotions and psychological see-sawing over beginning her journey to bog down the narration at some points, but ultimately it does well to remind us that you don't need to be a superhero or professional athlete to undertake such a journey; anyone with very real and dynamic emotions can accomplish the sort of goal that she set out to fulfill.
kelly_p's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
theos_bookcase's review against another edition
4.0
Robyn Davidson’s 1982 memoir “Tracks” depicts society’s capacity to orchestrate perceptions of self. In “Tracks”, rejection of social constraints, manufactured upon sixties sexism, goads movements of social and cultural change. In an attempt to remove herself from the ‘extraneous debris’ of Western culture, Robyn travels 1,700 miles in Alice Springs with camels and her dog Diggity. Robyn’s identity is moulded to match a criterion with which she does not represent. Solitude in the desert allows for rejection of limiting expectations, validating her perceptual set which is “free of disguises and prettiness and attractiveness.”
sophfoulkes's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
jake_powell's review against another edition
4.0
Self aware and unafraid to criticize the adventure novel as a form, but still full of tantalizing desert solitude. An escapism I needed in quarantine, and while not a book I’m likely to read again and again, still a story I enjoyed.
emmahamley's review against another edition
4.0
book club: a slow first-third but the descriptions of the desert scenery and challenges faced on her journey were very compelling.