shenwenqi

This book re-tells in great detail the story of Aron Ralston, who was forced to cut off his own arm to survive after a canyoneering accident near Moab, Utah. It's a very up close view of a man's struggle for life and being forced to come to an enormous decision such as cutting off a limb. I really appreciated the lessons and slightly new point of view that I received from this novel. The first hand account of the events is chilling and quite disturbing at some parts. While reading the book, I got really bored with the long interludes of memories in between the action. I started to skip those chapters and just stick with Aron during his struggles in Blue John Canyon. So I only truly read about half of the book. The description of the amputation and other gory parts had me almost passing out, so I skipped those as well. Struggling through my horror, I managed to get a lot out of this book. Small amounts of strong language (I don't blame him) and very vivid descriptions of gruesome events are in this novel. But I really recommend it. It helped me understand some more about the human drive for life and made me think about what I would do in that situation.

2022-10-21 05:28