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3: poor
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7: meh
8: poor (all over the place)
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Author has already used the word 'ardent' idk maybe 100 times
I've never seen so many unnecessary adjectives to gum up such a simple story
One of the worst-written 'classics' I've ever read so far
Someone should have burned Mary's thesaurus

Decent overall so far and worth a read like most of SK's books.
Also while SK has always had some questionably cringey / cheesy lines especially around the opposite sex, this book has to take the cake. I really don't understand how an otherwise well-written book can have some of these horrible lines / sex interludes thrown in. To please the editors maybe? To create 'mass appeal'? SK is way smarter than this

Doesn't have the magic that Lonesome Dove had in it, and even less magic than streets of laredo
Still, well-written enough and interesting backstory for Gus and Call (though Gus' implied character development is a bit exaggerated for my liking - he's the exact opposite of how he is in Lonesome Dove in nearly every way)

Any time someone makes a mistake it's always hypoxia of course, and any time they do something positive full credit. The tone is so weird throughout the entire book...reads like a mix of a defense statement in a civil suit and like a great grandpa's recollection of his role in some war

Mostly Jon Krakauer insufferably bragging about his 'climbing skills' in a way that is thinly vailed as self-effacing. Like buddy we literally don't care about you and how you climbed more quickly than a group of wealthy 60 year-old women. Just tell us the actual story of what happened

wish they would have flushed out the at home routine a bit more before creating the deviation, would have been intriguing to see how eclectic they were more explicitly and also sharpened the contrast as they break from routine