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Title: A tragic event that reads like a textbook
Review: I haven't been this sorely disappointed with a book in a long time. This book was recommended under the banner "If you liked 'Into Thin Air' you'll love...." A crucial difference, however, is that Krakauer has an unerring eye for the TELLING detail. In "Into" he describes the inevitability of the Everest tragedy with a haunting relentlessness and emotional impact. Junger, meanwhile, layers numerous dry, technical descriptions over "characterizations" that, while meant to evoke an emotional bond, just had me screaming for him to get on with it already. This book is nothing more than a collection of gramatically pristine sentences.
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