Kelly Callahan

If you can stand the drama...

Revisado: 06-20-21

The story is pretty good, a bit predictable and drawn out with excessive over dramatic writing, which is exasperated by o we dramatic narration. While the genera lends itself to drama, this was a bit thick. I’ve read/listed to better, and worse.

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Prepare to be amazed

Revisado: 04-03-16

If you could sum up Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes in three words, what would they be?

Stays with you

What did you like best about this story?

It's real and raw, but funny and relatable- even in its extremes. We may not all take the trip that Bob took to investigate the questions churning inside us, but if you are drawn to this book, you probably have those questions too. And if you have those questions too, then his experience will touch you, and touch off your own journey. It's not another man-vs.- nature story of conquer and record-breaking, but you sure can't help but be in awe of the man's courage, skill set, and sheer will and fortitude to envision, plan, execute, and complete his year in solitude. But even more than that is a deeper respect for the fact that it *wasn't* about conquer and man-vs.-nature, but about a human, being in, and with, nature.

Have you listened to any of Robert Kull’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

There were times when I had to take a break. He's sharing with you his inner process, and sometimes it gets to be too much. Which makes it all the more amazing to think about... he was in it- for a year! No pausing for him. But I was always pulled back to it and the deeper I got into the story, the less breaks I took and listened to the final four hours on an international trip. Looking down from 35,000 feet, it was the perfect accompaniment.

Any additional comments?

This is a good book to listen to, as a first-person true story, narrated by the author. Again, I had read the book in paperback, and it didn't land the same way as listening to Bob tell his own story and lived experience. The weaving of straight up story-telling with beautiful descriptive observation, and inner process narration embedded in academic investigation and research mixes up to a truly winning result.

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