Il suono del silenzio

This was a difficult book for me. I loved "Touching the Void", in part for its directness. I didn't like "The Beckoning Silence" because it wandered and seemed self-centered. Still, this book is a mountain novel, and I desperately wanted a good one. I was disappointed. It is slow, painfully at times, and Leggi tutto

The storyline and descriptions in this are excellent. it kept me on the edge of my chair for a great part. My reading pleasure would probably have been intensified if I knew more about climbing equipment and techniques, but the author did a good jjob getting me to still see what was going on.

This should really be the perfect book for me about mountaineering and rock climbing, survival and the outdoors . Unfortunately the writing is like mental masturbation , the author goes into a self indulgent stream of consciousness trip which means something only to him. The main character, Patrick, Leggi tutto

It was difficult to rate this book, and tricky to review. On the one hand some moments from the story have continued to haunt me months after I read it. There are phrases that are simply exquisite. I was impressed and touched by the evocation of guilt and grief and obsession - and ice, and storms, a Leggi tutto

The descriptions on the side different scenes and emotions of the different characters allows you to put yourself in the certain positions and understands how they are feeling

I enjoyed this book very much indeed. I found it written in much the same style as the other three biographical books I have read of his, of which perhaps I found 'Touching the Void' the most powerful (what an extraordinary story after all!). Other reviewers hammered Part I of the book, citing as re Leggi tutto

Beautiful story, over-written with an abundance of adjectives sadly. The number of sentences (per page) in this book that I've had to re-read and really focus on to even begin to understand what he's trying to describe! It really made me doubt my intelligence but in reading other reviews here I learn Leggi tutto

I finished this book, but that's about all I can say for it. I've enjoyed reading Joe Simpson's other mountaineering books, but his foray into fiction has come with an overabundance of adjectives and a definite lack of a good editing job. Part One is hard to plough through: pages and pages of flower Leggi tutto