Four lost hikers are about to discover they’re capable of something extraordinary.Nola has gone up the mountain to commemorate her wedding anniversary, the first since her beloved husband passed. Blonde, stick-thin Bridget is training for a triathalon. Vonn is working out her teenage rebellion at eight thousand feet, driven by family obligation and the urge to escape her mistakes. Still reeling from the tragic accident that robbed him of his best friend, Wolf Truly is the only experienced hiker among them, but he has come to the cliffs on his eighteenth birthday without food or supplies because he plans to take his own life.When a series of missteps strands this unusual group together in the wilderness, they soon realize that their only defense against the brutality of nature is one another. As one day without rescue spirals dramatically into the next, and misadventure turns to nightmare, these four broken souls begin to form an inextricable bond, pushing themselves and one another further than they ever could have dreamed possible. The three who make it home alive will be forever changed by their harrowing days on the mountain.From the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls, The Mountain Story is a fast-paced, suspenseful adventure and a gorgeous tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. Braving a landscape both unforgivingly harsh and breathtakingly beautiful, Nola, Bridget, Vonn, and Wolf find themselves faced with an impossible question: How much will they sacrifice for a stranger?
Publication Year: 2015
I brought my library book up to a calm, lazy swirling running pool of snowmelt. I sat on a rock, and when my feet fell asleep my butt did as well, because of the rock not the icy water. I was reading peacefully, curled over my book, when a squirrel flew out of a tree, bounced off my head, and onto a higher rock. These fat squirrels are too friendly. I thought an eagle was trying to pick up my head. Always wear a hat for sun protection! Anyways I'm jazzed out of my gourd that in the accknowlegements they say it's based on a real mountain, because I lived in that county and I've been to the academic library that is named after that mountain.
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Finished in time for book club!
I liked the story, and felt like the characters were pretty real, as well as the circumstances.
- Wolf seemed pretty hopeful and determined for much of his past and during the 5 days, plus we later find out that Byrd didn't actually die, so the reason behind Wolf's desire for suicide was not very clear cut to me. I wanted something more to be the reason/trigger.
- I wanted to slap Bridget around for most of the book, and even though she made the sacrifice at the end, I still was angry with her for the whole book. She was a negative Nancy the whole time, she ran from the bees, she slapped the snake, she dropped the canteen, she couldn't cross the log, she tried to fight Wolf and was mad about the food....
- While the reveal about Daniel's paternity was truly a surprise to me, I'm not sure how I feel about it, I didn't like it.
- I thought that Nola surviving and not losing her arm was unrealistic.
- I didn't like the Vonn and Wolf fell and love and made it work, I sort of wanted them to not be right for each other.
- Byrd's minimal temporary recovery was too perfectly timed and magic-y.
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