My Review 
 Straightforward story arc and language. 
 As much as I wanted to be super judgy of Cheryl's life choices (view spoiler)[heroin? adultery? lack of preparedness? lack of sound judgment in all aspects of life? (hide spoiler)], in the end I was won over by her lack of apology, her ability to recognize that something was wrong and her strength to make a drastic life change in an effort to "fix herself". 
 Also, I am now like everyone else in the world and want desperately to drop everything and hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Like, real bad. 
 Favorite Quotes 
 It was a deal I'd made with myself months before and the only thing that allowed me to hike alone. I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave...I simply did not let myself become afraid. 
 "And it's all my fault," I said, my voice swelling and shaking. "He didn't do anything. I'm the one. I broke my own heart." 
 There's no way to know what makes one thing happen and not another. What leads to what. What destroys what.