Wild is a very honest memoir of Cheryl Strayed's life and the journey she took through the PCT to rediscover herself.

I don't know why it took me so long to finally read this. I'd owned a paperback for months before finally downloading the audiobook and taking the plunge last week. I'm glad that I decided on the audiobook actually as I generally have found this year that this is my preferred platform for most memoirs. They seem a lot more personal when you are listening to them and I thought the narrator did a great job on this one.

From learning about Cheryl's struggles with her father, her own lovers and the painful loss of her mother, this book doesn't really live much to doubt about why she decided to embark on her own journey. From beginning to end, this book is full of emotionally charged moments: both laugh out loud moments and cry into a pillow moments. I really enjoyed the way in which this flickered back between Cheryl's life experiences and her trek on the PCT. I thought writing the book this way kept it more interesting as I never got bored of hearing about either one too often. Some of her experiences on the trail did leave me feeling a little nauseous (queue the losing of toe nails!!) but she definitely left me feeling inspired. Sometimes it takes a really bad life experience like losing a loved on to realise how important life is and sometimes to be truly happy you've got to give yourself the chance to experience life. I learnt a lot from Cheryl's outlook on life whilst listening to this and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading memoirs.

Touching, beautifully written and emotional, this book will leave you feeling inspired and content.