ReadUP 2025: Wild: Reviews

" Her voice is so authentic and so at her service, her technical skills so highly developed, the pacing and structure so skillful, her persona so honest and appealing, the memoir is a joy to read." -- from Paulette Alden

"'Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail' is at once a breathtaking adventure tale and a profound meditation on the nature of grief and survival." -- Dani Shapiro, New York Times Book Review

"Wild is characterized not by the author’s noble and brave independence, but instead by her incompetence and recklessness, and her rather pathetic sense of helplessness.  The story is filled with narratives of Strayed’s bumbles in which a central theme quickly emerges: Strayed did not take responsibility for herself and her actions." -- Don't Hike Like Wild