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A review by stalbergwrites
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Finally read this nonfiction book and its probably my favorite true story of all time. It's the crash of the Fairchild airplane in tbe Andes mountains in the 70s. Young Uruguayan boys, many in a rugby team, survive in the worst conditions for several months, having to resort to cannibalism to not die of starvation.
The depths if despair and hope in this story are colossal and inspirational. Honestly, idk how our culture isn't as obsessed with this disaster as we are with the Titanic. By the end, I wanted to give every person in this book a hug for what they went through.
Definitely a must read if you can handle some disturbing parts.
The depths if despair and hope in this story are colossal and inspirational. Honestly, idk how our culture isn't as obsessed with this disaster as we are with the Titanic. By the end, I wanted to give every person in this book a hug for what they went through.
Definitely a must read if you can handle some disturbing parts.