K. A. Garman

this narrator is terrible

Revisado: 06-22-19

a book like this lives or dies based on the narrator. with no "story" to carry it, a bad narrator ruins a lot of good, impressive facts, quickly. this is good information delivered terribly. i couldn't finish it. one more credit wasted on a bad narrator.

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only eeh...

Revisado: 06-22-19

I guess I had high expectations. I assumed that if Netflix made a movie of it , it had to be great. It wasn't great. It was okay. I found the main character to be generally unlikable. She was mundane, unenthusiastic and downtrodden. I get that in a world like this, the characters wouldn't be exuberant, but there should be something that draws the reader/listener to him/her. the idea that she loved Tom was forced and I couldnt help but feel like Tom was as annoyed with her as I was.
overall, the story kept me in it but had there been a sequel, I would have not purchased it.

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this book was terrible

Revisado: 01-28-19

Trevor, our protagonist in this lame techno-drama is as unlikable and unrealistic as any character I've ever read. how Paul Draker got this book published is a mystery to me. absolute garbage.

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lame

Revisado: 07-05-18

another lame duck by James Patterson. I cannot believe Bill Clinton would put his name on this book. Here's a novel idea, a Cyber attack.

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I cant believe people like this.

Revisado: 09-22-16

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I've never felt the need to review a book before. Usually, there are adequate reviews that express whatever point I might wish to make, -and that is true of this book as well, though the people who express my feelings are few and far between. So for the sake of doing my part to lower the rating of this book, I'll give you my two cents.

The author is just not very good. I do not feel compelled toward the protagonist at all, in fact, I rather find myself rejoicing at her misery and despair. I'm unhappy when she is happy. I long for her to realize what a pretentious cliche she is, but to no avail. Her descriptions are vague and elementary. Her character has no depth. The people she is hiking with have to think she's obnoxious A.F.

This was hands down, the worst book I've ever purchased on Audible. I literally loathe Carrot, and continue to long for her unhappiness. When i think of the hikers I've met over the years who have suffered long distances for no glory but that internal glory of finishing something bigger than themselves, I loathe her even more. Nobody wants to hike with a Carrot, not even when written into her own version of perfection.

There is no information in this book about the PCT. Do not think this is the "AWOL on The Appalachian Trail" of the Pacific Crest Trail. It's not. This is a flat, whining, self-aggrandizing ode to wild oats etc... It's an inept memoir, of someone hardly worth remembering. Honestly, I wish any of the other characters in this story had been the one to pen the tale. It's that bad.

If you've ever hiked a long day in silent agony and still smiled and said hello to the people passing you by, skip this book. Carrot is the other hiker, -the one asking for DEET because she bought herself an "ultra-light rig" and cant pack her own freight. She's the one asking you to do a 15 mile day because she cant do your 25er.

Literally, any other book on thru-hiking is a better option. Don't let the Carrots of the world deter you, there is value in suffering silently and smiling along the way. It's just that Carrot doesn't understand hiking.

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