{"id":4734,"date":"2016-06-10T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insearchofsukoon.wordpress.com\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2017-03-17T05:09:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T05:09:57","slug":"wild-by-cheryl-strayed-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insearchofsukoon.com\/wild-by-cheryl-strayed-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"WILD-From Lost to Found on the Pacific Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I know I am super late writing this review and I am pretty sure most of you must have already read the book and also seen the movie but better late than never…right??<\/p>\n
This is a story of redemption.\u00a0At 22 Cheryl’s mother was diagnosed with last stage lung cancer and her death shatters the whole family especially her. Cheryl’s marriage was on the verge of breakup as she cheats with other man and it hit rock bottom when she started doing heroin.\u00a04 years later with nothing left to lose,\u00a0she makes an impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail all alone. With no previous experience and\u00a0a monster backpack\u00a0she starts a journey with an intention to put her life back together.<\/p>\n
The book is well written and you find two stories running parallel to each other.\u00a0Cheryl’s\u00a0personal life and that of her hike along the trail. I really enjoyed the hike details\u00a0more than her personal life. I\u00a0did feel sorry for her ex husband though.\u00a0Mostly everyone who met her on the trail was smitten by her and wanted to help her in any way possible. I wonder if all hikers are that friendly.<\/p>\n
The journey is written in such descriptive and deep way that I felt as if I was hiking\u00a0with her on the trail and could feel\u00a0the weight of the heavy backpack and the pain of walking with blistered,bruised feet\u00a0in\u00a0wrong sized shoes. I found myself googling and seeing the places she mentions in the book and the views are breath-taking.<\/p>\n
I felt there wasn’t much detail about her personal closure and the ending though good could have been better. I was hoping to read\u00a0in detail\u00a0how her hike healed her but the few paragraphs did not do complete justice.<\/p>\n
Overall it is a well written and an\u00a0inspiring book about an amazing life experience.\u00a0Sometimes when we hit rock bottom we have to rediscover ourselves\u00a0 in order to survive and this book talks about how she did it. This books also makes you want to have a hiking experience of your own.<\/p>\n