Title: Compelling reading that deserved better editing
Product review: I found this book both engaging and frustrating. It's a compelling re-telling of the 1996 Everest disaster from an interesting point of view. However, the content editing is so poor that it slows the reader. Quotes are far too long, sentences often repeat one another and the voice is inconsistent. The author often uses footnotes when the information could be (should be) integrated into the text. That said, Boukreev's perspective is fascinating and enlightening. If you read "Into Thin Air," I would highly recommend reading The Climb, too. As previous reviews have noted, "Into Thin Air" is a good place to start because it details the cast and story more effectively than The Climb. However, The Climb provides a more solid context for why and how things went so awry.
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