My Thoughts on... "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer

This novel to me gave off the feeling of a murder mystery story. Although it was not a murder story, there was a mysterious death that is contemplated on throughout the story. I felt like the whole time I was constantly asking myself, "But how did he end up dead in the woods?" I had a hard time connecting the back stories on the main character who had died, to possible reasons for his death. The whole purpose of the back stories was to give the reader some sort of reference as to who the main character was and how they could have possibly ended up in the woods in Alaska and how they ended up dying. Since I personally did not enjoy this type of book prior to reading this specific novel, I did not find any connections to the text personally or any deep connections with the text. For those who like the murder mystery type of story where the reader cannot put all the pieces together until the end of the story. I would however recommend this book to someone who liked this kind of book, because the content was not hard to follow and it was explained in a strong way. I would however pre-warn the person I recommended the book to of the journalistic style of the book. I found myself slightly bored while reading the story, it felt less like a narrative and more like a journal. To me it became even harder to read the novel because of the style. Overall, I would recommend the book to someone who liked this style of writing or story line, but it was not the book for me personally.