This book is a big favourite at work, and as such I was extremely hesitant to read it. There are so many expectations, too much to live up to, when a book is recommended so thoroughly and passionately by so many people. But I kept looking at it, and being drawn to it, despite not knowing very much about its actual premise... 
 Well. I'm glad I finally took the plunge. 
 Wild is the kind of book that takes a close look at the effect of grief and loss, and doesn't cover it up with false platitudes. Cheryl Strayed struggled, and spiralled, and made some really terrible choices -- and, eventually, after a great deal of time and work, managed to build herself back up again. She doesn't pretend that she was perfect, and she doesn't pretend that such vast grief is easily overcome, and I think I appreciated that even more than her wit and fast-paced, engaging style. Wild is a devastatingly human, bared-open memoir. 
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 Rating: 5 Stars