tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575209851731621303.post1823345952247989821..comments2023-10-20T10:51:08.657-04:00Comments on The Beveled Edge: Book Review: Into The WildBevimushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14924337684790883853noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575209851731621303.post-49977611545585005532014-08-14T14:14:42.720-04:002014-08-14T14:14:42.720-04:00I've heard of this book, but have not read it....I've heard of this book, but have not read it. I'll put it on my list to read.Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575209851731621303.post-1777295126506925502014-08-01T10:52:14.273-04:002014-08-01T10:52:14.273-04:00Thank you for reading!Thank you for reading!Bevimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924337684790883853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575209851731621303.post-73708507274998114042014-08-01T10:51:55.308-04:002014-08-01T10:51:55.308-04:00No disagreeing with you on those basic points but ...No disagreeing with you on those basic points but I definitely saw him in a different light by the end of the book. The adolescent viewpoint which seems so obviously stupid and naive is based on pure, unadulterated ignorance of life. That doesn't mean is isn't stupid and that his death wasn't just as avoidable as every other teenager who killed themselves in absurdly avoidable ways. Bevimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924337684790883853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575209851731621303.post-40105785317954699412014-08-01T00:44:09.978-04:002014-08-01T00:44:09.978-04:00I just read this a few months ago on a recommendat...I just read this a few months ago on a recommendation from my sister-in-law (she lent me her copy). I can see a lot of my own thoughts and feelings about the book in your review!<br /><br />In the end, though... I don't want to side with the people who would call McCandless a "Darwin award", but there <i>was</i> something odd about how many close shaves he had, and yet he continued to insist it was all on purpose and he knew what he was doing. Remember the part about how he lost his car? It seemed to me that while he was communing with Mother Nature, Mother Nature was yelling at him, "You need to go back to the city, kid, or at least take some survival courses, 'cos you're making me out to be a lot nicer than I actually am."Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575209851731621303.post-30742481907804893432014-07-31T13:39:39.090-04:002014-07-31T13:39:39.090-04:00Hi, Beverly. Thank you for sharing your thoughts ...Hi, Beverly. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this book. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com