This excellent book had me turning pages like mad. Ms Wilder can weave a story with the masters. Keegan and August were both awesome. Both men were damaged in their own way yet it took an insane bear, the Alaskan wilderness and Daisy to keep them together not to mention a vindictive drug lord. The entire story was a suspenseful fight to stay alive. Highly recommended. ( )

Wow.

I feel like I just survived a grueling survivalist test. And it was worth it. ( )

Survival fiction at its finest

Gripping, brutal and inexplicably beautiful. If you think of survival fiction like a wound, the majority of it goes: flesh wound, anaesthetic of some sort, tidy sutures, character building scar with the beauty of a well done tattoo. On the other hand, ‘Wild’ is more like: deep gash, “gosh I hope he stays unconscious”, haphazard stitches, scar gruesome enough to make you gag.

The beauty of Wild comes from the depth of the relationship between Keegan and August. My eyes welled up with tears to the point where my vision was blurry. Such was the poignancy of their relationship. Not to mention their bond with Daisy.

This is one of those books which has the propensity to induce an author crush. It made me want to fall.

My only regret is that I read this indoors. The air feels stale. The stillness stifling. ( )