I came across this book and the events it described mostly by accident- the audiobook was recommended to me on audible. I looked up the book and saw some reviews mentioning yeti aliens, and I was intrigued enough to check out a podcast about the Dyatlov pass incident. That piqued my interest enough to buy this book after all.

The book is told by alternating between three time periods - the one experienced by the hikers, the one experienced by the search party and investigators and then the time period of the book’s author. While this structure makes sense, it didn’t always gel with me. And overall I found him pretty insufferable (he’s *very* American) but your mileage may vary. I’m going to read another book on this topic, this time by a Russian author.

With unsolved mysteries, there’s always an odd feeling left behind. Because we just don’t know why the group of hikers died - and we’ll probably never know. All we have is theories, some more plausible than others.