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A review by r0b3rta
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
5.0
There were nights I stayed up until my eyes couldn't stay open so I could finish this book. While my experiences are not like Cheryl's there are some I can relate to and if I had read about the PCT at certain points of my life I may have been done the hike as well. I did a marathon once because of a tumultuous experience I felt I needed to get over.
Cheryl has become one of my fav authors over the last few months, I recently read [b:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar|13152194|Tiny Beautiful Things Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar|Cheryl Strayed|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1339807006s/13152194.jpg|18330294]. She really knows how to pull you into a story and really get your attention. As she hikes the PCT Cheryl talks about her hiking boots and all the physical ailments and then in another moment there is a very poetic moment about a fox or spider webs.
A few months back I read [b:A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|9791|A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|Bill Bryson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320519729s/9791.jpg|613469] about another Trail written by a man. I really enjoyed reading about Cheryl's solo experience on the trail. The situations and perceptions held mostly by men. I have never hiked the AT or PCT but I do travel overseas solo and have heard many of the same things uttered by men when I've told them I am travel solo.
The book is very cathartic and you feel as if You lived it right along with Cheryl.
Cheryl has become one of my fav authors over the last few months, I recently read [b:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar|13152194|Tiny Beautiful Things Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar|Cheryl Strayed|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1339807006s/13152194.jpg|18330294]. She really knows how to pull you into a story and really get your attention. As she hikes the PCT Cheryl talks about her hiking boots and all the physical ailments and then in another moment there is a very poetic moment about a fox or spider webs.
A few months back I read [b:A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|9791|A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|Bill Bryson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320519729s/9791.jpg|613469] about another Trail written by a man. I really enjoyed reading about Cheryl's solo experience on the trail. The situations and perceptions held mostly by men. I have never hiked the AT or PCT but I do travel overseas solo and have heard many of the same things uttered by men when I've told them I am travel solo.
The book is very cathartic and you feel as if You lived it right along with Cheryl.