Welcome to Litsy!

This book kind of annoyed me not only for the writing but also for the person who read it before me and had to make a million footnotes throughout the book. The book delves into the authors rape and her journey of healing on the Pacific Coast Trail. The writing for me just felt disjointed throughout the book and I never made a connection with what the author was trying to portray. Also she made hiking the PCT sound like a cake walk. Not my fav..

I am definitely having a news related rage blackout tonight. I‘m so mad I can‘t sleep. The serious upside is that I have an unopened bag of bbq chips and an hour to go on this beauty. So I‘m going to quietly storm out to the living room so I don‘t wake up my family and angrily read this book.

I just want to be reading 😩

My new 'second book' after finishing I will always write back.

I‘m usually a sucker for memoir and nature writing but I couldn‘t even get to the nature parts.... no one should have to live through sexual assault and clearly the author had some odd family things going on but the narrative is like oddly disjointed teen prose absent empathy, reason or sense. Can‘t take it.

One quick Litsy skim of its reviews later and I am regretting this eBook, even for .99c. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ It‘s not horrible but it‘s patchy and disordered so far. Not disliking it enough to bail yet, she rarely mentions food (🤢) and the skimming suits my gastro poisoned brain so I‘ll probably keep going for the Muir as much as to see what happens but I‘m resolved to check Litsy before any more random late night ebook sale purchases!

I made it 30 pages, folks. The writing is so unnecessarily descriptive it's funny. She jumps from one point in time to another with no warning, so I just ended up rereading passages trying to figure out where I was in the story. I feel for her, but yeah. I give up.

This book was ok. I empathize with this young woman and am glad hiking the trail helped her, but honestly I skimmed a lot of this book. It just didn't hold my attention. Maybe others will like it better. #LitsyAtoZ #myGpick

#bestlineinabadbook My least favourite read of 2016 did have some great lines.
"The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry."
animal learning to fight back, instinctively, fiercely. I was a brave girl. I was a fit fox.
I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself."

Just started this $1.99 ebook today. It's great so far. I woke up with a sore throat so I've been reading and resting all day. Merry Christmas Eve Eve, my sweet friends!🌲📚🌲

So far, it's a great read. However, I am finding her prose difficult.She has a tendency to pepper passages with random details and repeats herself quite a bit. Still want to see how it ends.

It was a good read, but it really read more like fiction than fact. The author is not a very sympathetic "character," as she remains spoiled and privileged throughout. There was a lot of embellishments throughout, as well, which are obvious to those that read any of the real time trail journals of the PCT in 2009.

I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Loved the premise, the idea of healing through nature. Didn't love the author. I sympathize with her, and understand some of her issues. But I couldn't get past her whining and ungrateful, spoiled, sheltered girl attitude. I recommend reading Wild instead.

I was going to save this one for next week when I'm camping, but I couldn't wait! 😀🌲