"Into Thin Air"

Over the past summer I read two books.  The second of these was, “Into Thin Air” written by Jon Krakauer.  "Into Thin Air" was as epic tale of an Everest disaster experienced by the author.  I liked this book but I can also see the other side of the argument.  The two reasons why I enjoyed this book were firstly, the author’s style and secondly, the plot.  I particularly enjoyed author’s style of describing the aspects of the novel.  For example his vivid descriptions of the settings made the disaster seem very real something difficult to do when writing this style of novel.  Another reason why I enjoyed reading “Into Thin Air” was the story itself.  Even without Krakauer’s excellent writing I would have found it hard to put down.  The plot has a number of twists and false climax’s even for a non-Fiction novel.  By those two reasons I would recommend this book but there are also two reasons why I would not recommend it.  Firstly whether you would enjoy it depends entirely whether you like this type of novel.  If I were not remotely interested in climbing then I would find this a difficult book to enjoy as the main theme is climbing related.  A second reason why I would possibly not recommend this book is how the author describes the events.  Although I enjoyed his very detailed explanation I could also understand how it could become tedious or boring.  Overall I would highly recommend this book to everyone mostly because I think the author Jon Krakauer is not biased at all.  The author uses a variety of sources and pieces the information together.  He understands that he cannot be everywhere at once and needs other views.  In summery I thought the book was very entertaining and I would recommend it to everyone.