I expected to be inspired by this book, but it was really dull with very little quality content. He doesn’t live in the woods for four years. He is all over the place racing and training. He spends 6 months in Africa training. He also invited everyone to his tent to make documentaries. Such a shame, could have been great. Avoid.

I had high hopes for this book. It promises a true life story of a man from Sweden who finds solace and peace in running, especially in the Swedish wilderness. It begins in childhood with the author starting out on his blossoming running career. The book deals with his struggles at home due to his mother being diagnosed with MS, and continues towards his loss and grief at finally losing her, and how he finds peace in his sport. I expected more from this book based on the description. Instead of respect for his mother and her struggles, he is brutally honest in how her treated her, which was at time verbally brutal! It is repetitive in its descriptions of race meets and the authors body struggles during practise and races, and to be honest I lost patience with the attitude of the writer. At 25% through I skim read to three quarters through, and there was more of the same and no lovely descriptions of the wilderness of this beautiful country. I’m sure it probably came towards the end but I’m afraid I abandoned it at this point in disappointment and anger at his lack of respect for his family at times. I’m so sorry it wasn’t for me. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I had high hopes for this book. It promises a true life story of a man from Sweden who finds solace and peace in running, especially in the Swedish wilderness. It begins in childhood with the author starting out on his blossoming running career. The book deals with his struggles at home due to his mother being diagnosed with MS, and continues towards his loss and grief at finally losing her, and how he finds peace in his sport. I expected more from this book based on the description. Instead of respect for his mother and her struggles, he is brutally honest in how her treated her, which was at time verbally brutal! It is repetitive in its descriptions of race meets and the authors body struggles during practise and races, and to be honest I lost patience with the attitude of the writer. At 25% through I skim read to three quarters through, and there was more of the same and no lovely descriptions of the wilderness of this beautiful country. I’m sure it probably came towards the end but I’m afraid I abandoned it at this point in disappointment and anger at his lack of respect for his family at times. I’m so sorry it wasn’t for me. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.