Thin Air

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits The elite team of five will climb Kangchenjunga, the world s third highest mountain and one of mountaineering s biggest killers No one has scaled it before, and they are, quite literally, following in the footsteps of one of the most famous mountain disasters of all time the 1907 Lyell Expedition.Five men lost their lives back then, overcome by the atrocious weather, misfortune and mountain sickness at such high altitudes Lyell became a classic British hero when he published his memoir, Bloody, But Unbowed, which regaled his heroism in the face of extreme odds It is this book that will guide this new group to get to the very top.As the team prepare for the epic climb, Pearce s unease about the expedition deepens The only other survivor of the 1907 expedition, Charles Tennant, warns him off He hints of dark things ahead and tells Pearce that, while five men lost their lives on the mountain, only four were laid to rest.But Pearce is determined to go ahead and complete something that he has dreamed of his entire life As they get higher and higher, and the oxygen levels drop, he starts to see dark things out of the corners of his eyes As macabre mementoes of the earlier climbers turn up on the trail, Stephen starts to suspect that Charles Lyell s account of the tragedy was perhaps not the full story Read Thin Air – kino-fada.fr Michelle Paver sDark Matteris one of my favourite ghost stories, but I admit, when I heard about Thin Air, I had doubts that she could recreate the same magic The story just sounded too similar Dark Matter was about a group of five men embarking on an Arctic expedition in the 1930s Thin Air is about a group of five men embarking on a mountain climbing expedition in the 1930s and I worried that the new story would effectively be a retread of the old one Inevitably, there are similari...I really enjoy ghost stories in general, so getting into this modern rendition of a historical mountaineering thriller turned ghost story was pretty fun.Granted, such stories about climbing mountains in the 30 s have a long tradition And of course, so do ghost stories But regardless, this mash up was first and foremost WELL WRITTEN Modern style, of course.I had a good time That s pretty much all It has brotherly angst, a fight against the elements, tragedy, pettiness, and above all, really I really enjoy ghost stories in general, so getting into this modern rendition of a historical mountaineering thriller turned ghost story was pretty fun.Granted, such stories about climbing mountains in the 30 s have a long tradition And of course, so do ghost stories But regardless, this mash up was first and foremost WELL WRITTEN Modern style, of course.I had a good time That s pretty much all It has brotherly angst, a fight against the elements,...This is an old fashioned ghost story, very much in the mould of Michelle Paver s earlier outing in this genre, Dark Matter This again involves five men in isolation in extreme circumstances The setting is a mountaineering expedition in the 1930s to the world s third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas The Guardian review rather neatly sums it up as Touching the Void meets Jack London Central to the story are Stephen, the narrator and team physician who is writing a journal, and This is an old fashioned ghost story, very much in the mould of Michelle Paver s earlier outing in this genre, Dark Matter This again involves five men in isolation in extreme circumstances The setting is a mountaineering expedition in the 1930s to the world s third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas The Guardian review rather neatly sums it up as Touching the Void meets Jack London Central to the story are Stephen, the narrator and team physician who is writing a journal, and his older brother Kits who is a very confident mountaineer They are following on an earlier disastrous Edwardian expedition where a number of the climbers died The team have read the account of the expedition and whilst prepari...Having really enjoyed, Dark Matter, I was keen to read this, new novel, by Michelle Paver Normally, I dislike comparing an author s novels, but there is much to compare in, Thin Air, to Dark Matter Both deal with remote places and extreme temperatures Both are, essentially, ghost stories It is 1935 and our narrator, Dr Stephen Pearce, has left London, and the woman he was supposed to be marrying, to join his brother, Kit, on a mountaineering expedition In 1906, Kit s hero, Sir Edmund L Having really enjoyed, Dark Matter, I was keen to read this, new novel, by Michelle Paver Normally, I dislike comparing an author s novels, but there is much to compare in, Thin Air, to Dark Matter Both deal with remote places and extreme temperatures Both are, essentially, ghost stories It is 1935 and our narrator, Dr Stephen Pearce, has left London, and the woman he was supposed to be marrying, to join his brother, Kit, on a mountaineering expedition In 1906, Kit s hero, Sir Edmund Lyell, led an expedition up Kangchenjunga, which ended in disaster His book, Bloody but Unbowed the Assault on Mount Kangchenjunga, presented Lyell as a hero even though he and Charles Tennant, were the only survivors of a tragedy, which saw five members of the ...This is the third book I have read by Michelle Paver and like the previous two Without Charity and Dark Matter is Thin Air an OK book, but like the previous book does this also lack something to make the book great Now is this book way different from Without Charity since that book is a historical romance However, Dark Matter is a horror book just as this one Or rather both are ghost stories without any horror At least that s how I feel And, that s the big problem I have with this book It This is the third book I have read by Michelle Paver and like the previous two Without Charity and Dark Matter is Thin Air an OK book, but like the previous book does this also lack something to make the book great Now is this book way different from Without Charity since that book is a historical romance However, Dark Matter is a horror book just as this one Or rather both are ghost stories without any horror At least that s how I feel And, that s the big problem I have with this book It s an interesting story, but it lacks intensity.Thin Air is an interesting book about a group that decides to climb Kangchenjunga in India I was quite fascinated with the books premise Horror stories that take place in isolated places are great and I was quite looking forward to being swept off my feet Unfortunately, it di...Absolutely superb This was a read in one sitting book I found it utterly spellbinding and somewhat terrifying, whilst at the same time being able to feel the cold and sense the dread on top of a mountain I loved the idea of the story that of a group of men following an expedition up to a mountain near Darjeeling in the 1930s where a tragic accident happened to a similar party years earlier The sense of unease is tangible from the first page and it had me gripped This really is an author t Absolutely superb This was a read in one sitting book I found it utterly spellbinding and somewhat terrifying, whilst at the same time being able to feel the cold and sense the dread on top of a mountain I loved the idea of the story that of a group of men following an expedition up to a mountain near Darjeeling in the 1930s where a tragic accident happened to a similar party years earlier The sens...This is about the dread and fear of being isolated on top of a mountain.Add a touch of altitude sickness and you have a scary situation Add your climbing companions inadvertently leaving you behind and you have a terrifying situation Add a malevolent presence on the mountain ...Narrated by Dr Stephen Pearce, this is the story of an expedition to climb the Kanchenjunga mountain in India in 1935 They follow in the footsteps of a doomed expedition from 1907, when five climbers died The leader of the expedition, Charles Lyell, wrote his memoir and is widely regarded as a hero.As the team progresses up the mountain, the unease grows and the sense of menace is portrayed really well by the author.I enjoyed this book a lot I liked the writing style and I thought that the au Narrated by Dr Stephen Pearce, this is the story of an expedition to climb the Kanchenjunga mountain in India in 1935 They follow in the footsteps of a doomed expedition from 1907, when five climbers died The leader of the expedition, Charles Lyell, wrote his memoir and is widely regarded as a hero.As the team progresses up the mountain, the unease grows and the sense of menace is portrayed really well by the author.I enjoyed this book a lot I liked the writing style and I thought that the author did a good job of writing from the mindset of a young man from the 1930s.This reads like a factual account, rather than fiction, and I think that added to the sense of menace that I felt throughout the book.I thought that each of that main characters were well portrayed, well written, very real people.I l...This book was a slow burner and didn t really get going until the final quarter of the novel which was slightly disappointing but thats how I saw the novel3.5 stars A tightly wrought tale that keeps the reader wondering to the end whether the terror is merely psychological, or if there is in fact something dark haunting the slopes of Kangchenjunga.The main character, Stephen Pearce has joined his older brother Kits in an attempt to scale the summit of Kangchenjunga, following in the footsteps of an ill fated expedition some years before By turns Stephen is innocently naive and darkly fearful, while simultaneously dismissive of the superstious beh 3.5 stars A tightly wrought tale that keeps the reader wondering to the end whether the terror is merely psychological, or if there is in fact something dark haunting the slopes of Kangchenjunga.The main character, Stephen Pearce has joined his older brother Kits in an attempt to scale the summit of Kangchenjunga, following in the footsteps of an ill fated expedition some years before By turns Stephen is innocently naive and darkly fearful, while simultaneously dismissive of the superstious behaviour of the local inhabitants engaged as guides and servants Throughout the first person narrative he expresses in equal measure excitement but also fear Fear not only of failure but also fear that his mind is starting to play tricks on him Being on a mountain forces us to confront the vast, unsentient reality that s always present behind our own busy little human world, which we tuck around ourselves like a counterpane, to ke...

• English
• 06 February 2017
Michelle Paver
• Hardcover
• 223 pages
• 1409163342
• Michelle Paver
• Thin Air