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'His hope, belief and affirmation that life is a precious miracle in itself should be an inspiration to us all' --BH the Magazine, August 2008
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'The book is an unnerving memoir of an adventure in Bolivia that quickly turned into a tragic struggle for survival.'
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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You don't have to be into travelling to enjoy this book - I found it to be utterly gripping as a story in its own right. True, the writing style isn't sophisticated, but that didn't take anything away for me. In the genre of 'Touching the Void', I was left turning each page gagging to know what was going to happen next. And all from the safety of my own armchair. Marvellous.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I'm not usually interested in travel books, but my housemate is just setting off for Brazil and is reading everything concerning the Amazon she can get her hands on. So I decided to have a leaf through its pages, while waiting for my dinner to cook.
...Six hours later I put it down. I almost forgot I was reading a biography rather than a novel. Ghinsberg manages to transport you back to the event with such ease and fluidity that you can't help but continue to read. Instead of pages and pages of description, Ghinsberg uses a lot of dialogue, which helps readers like me, who are not regulars of the travel genre, to easily follow the action. At every turn for the worst my heart began to race, I kept all my lights on, just in case fire ants happened to be lurking in my living room.
I recommend this book to readers of non-fiction and fiction alike. Ghinsberg's story is truly disturbing and will rival any good thriller.
...Six hours later I put it down. I almost forgot I was reading a biography rather than a novel. Ghinsberg manages to transport you back to the event with such ease and fluidity that you can't help but continue to read. Instead of pages and pages of description, Ghinsberg uses a lot of dialogue, which helps readers like me, who are not regulars of the travel genre, to easily follow the action. At every turn for the worst my heart began to race, I kept all my lights on, just in case fire ants happened to be lurking in my living room.
I recommend this book to readers of non-fiction and fiction alike. Ghinsberg's story is truly disturbing and will rival any good thriller.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this book - yes in parts it maybe the writing style isn't as polished as some books you see on the shelf, but I feel this only highlights how young Yossi was when he took this trip and reflects a young man's voice. The story feels real and raw, rather than it has been tampered with and over edited. Absolutely amazing story which shows unbelievable strength of character, in short a real page turner which I would thoroughly recommend.
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Great read
Once I started reading it , found it hard to put down,amazing tale of survival against the odds in one of the remotest jungles on earth .
Published 1 month ago by Mr. S. J. Dunbar
Nearly There...
To be perfectly frank there are many better survival books than this one ('Touching the Void', 'Into Thin Air'), but Yossi Ghinsberg's nerve-wracking record of three weeks lost and... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Boot-Boy
Good adventure story
This is an easy read but by the time you have finished it you will probably be wondering about the accuracy of the tale as it seems oddly short on specific detail. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Vorlich
Travel Misadventure
The book opens with Yossi Ghinsberg's `Acknowledgements'. A page and a half of flowery, gushing, quasi-mystical thank yous. This didn't auger well. Read more
Published 10 months ago by nigeyb
Is it really true
I enjoyed this book but I question how true it is. There was no map and more importantly no photographs. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Basher
Pathetic rather than 'harrowing'
This is a lamentable story of a group of inexperienced idiots who head into the Amazon jungle looking for a 'lost tribe' and, not surprisingly, get separated and lost themselves. Read more
Published 12 months ago by JohnnyG
Highly rated
This was a book which, once started, I wanted to keep on reading. It will never win a book prize but it feels all the time that you are there with Yossi as he is telling you about... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Te Jones
Couldn't put it down!
I love travel writing and adventure books anyway but "Lost In The Jungle" is exceptional. Maybe not the best written book in the world but it doesn't matter as the story is... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Andrew S
Lets get lost in the jungle and then write a book
I'm a bit of a cynical soul, and when a group of people go off into the jungle on a shoe string budget buying one machete and one shotgun between them, not knowing anything about... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Spikespearman
Standard
I found the book at times a little boring, especially when the writer tends to go off at a different angle. Unfortunatly found myself skipping parts as I found it dull.
Published 14 months ago by Pat
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