Into The Wild written by Jon Krakauer is a non-fiction novel based around the tale of Christopher Johnson McCandless,which Krakauer had previously written an article on three years prior. It tells the adventure of a young man, who after college, seemed to vanish. Leaving behind his money, his car, and even his identity,he took to the wilderness and started to ‘tramp’ around the United States, only to lead him to his untimely demise in the Alaskan wilderness.

  The book itself is an intermediate read, and uses a relatively large vocabulary throughout and I didn't catch any mistakes that weren't intentional in the writing. Considering McCandless’s tendency to write in third person, some grammatical errors are going to come naturally, in this case. Regarding the story however, and not the grammar, McCandless’s tale is followed fairly well up until about halfway through when the book gets sort of off topic and starts analyzing and relating to other similar like tales of adventure and transcendentalism. Krakauer even talks about his own attempt at the Alaskan wilderness at one point, which is alright, but personally, I find it unnecessary in ‘follow-up’ based writings like this. Other than getting off topic the book has really good story and character development throughout and it really shows later on in the book when McCandless lands himself in the south-west before eventually making his way up into Fairbanks County all the way up in Alaska where his story would eventually come to a gruesome and lonely end.

As for whether or not I recommend the book - yeah i can. But it all really depends on your comprehension skills and reading abilities. If you're not an avid reader, or if you haven't touched a grammatically complex book in quite a while, I might put off this book for a while until you feel more comfortable or you have “warmed up” with a few more demanding texts beforehand. As for its likability, it's debatable. Personally, I did enjoy reading this book, but at the same time I also can't pinpoint exactly why i enjoyed this book. Its very unique with the way it handles things. Even somewhat controversial at times.  …

Overall, I did enjoy the book and (would/wouldn’t) recommend the book.  I would probably not read it again, however.  The message was clear and, even though I got a lot more out of the second reading than I did my first,  I might eventually read it a third time in the future to see if I can pick up on anything new that i might have missed previously, but the chances are slim. Its kind of a shame that this book loses its charm after the first reading due to the imprint it leaves with you; Be that positive or not. I leave that to be determined by the readers of this book.