3,5.

Så, jeg elsker jo egentlig dette, men syns et par ting skurrer litt:

1. Totalt ukvalifisert amerikaner som valser inn for å løse 50 år gammelt russisk mysterium.
2. Blir ikke helt tilfredstilt av konklusjonen + den kommer for brått
3. Skulle gjerne ha blitt mer kjent med forfatteren, klarer lissom ikke helt å tro på hans obsession med saken


Uansett. Hva skal jeg lese nå? Hva har jeg gått glipp av i sjangeren menn som dør i isødet? Burde jeg lese en Dyatlov-bok til?

Since listening to a podcast about this case, I have found it interesting. And even though we will never fully know what really happened to these 9 people the conclusion this book gives seems the most likely.

This was a really good read. I was fascinated by this mystery since I first heard about it and it was nice to have the story and theories, as well as the backgrounds of each hiker laid out neatly.

Ooh that was a creepy little history mystery...

This book handles a much-sensationalized event with sensitivity and level-headedness. I started reading it with some trepidation, both because the story of this incident has been highly sensationalized, and also because Eichar had no previous background with Russia or the Soviet Union. Early in the book, during Eichar's first trip to Russia, there were several descriptions of the kind that I dislike, which portray everything as a "Soviet legacy," dirty, broken, grim, and incomprehensible. This book didn't do nearly as much of that as some, however, and it didn't continue past the early part of his trip.

The tragic fate of the 9 hikers, and the strange circumstances under which they died, have been the subject of quite a few books and films, many of which paint a salacious picture of infighting, jealousy, lovers' quarrels, as well as horrific government conspiracies and malice. This book acknowledged the existence of those views, and then summarily dispensed with them, to my great relief. It provides a sober reconstruction of the original hiking expedition, the recovery operations and official investigations, and the author's own investigation--a format which works well for this type of narrative.