Classics Challenge - Kon -Tiki

 This book is hard to describe because it's actually very interesting but as I'm looking back, it's hard to say why. They build a raft to test a theory, get on the raft and test the theory. The sail. They land. The end. You know that they make as it's non-fiction and one of them wrote the book so there isn't even suspense. Except there's a bit more to it than that.

There's the crew. You gotta root for them because they are this mix of ideas and courage and bit of rashness thrown in there. It's like they are all 14 year old boys really - just with a bit more dangerous information to work with. The idea itself - I mean, what? How is that gonna work? The mental aspect - How do they feel on their journey? What do they see? How do they not go insane and start talking to volleyballs. I mean, they have each other but it's kinda of amazing that that doesn't make things worse. Maybe they can give my kid's tips on sharing a room.

It just seems like it's more than the sum of it's parts. But well worth the read.

Kon-Tiki is my Back to the Classics Challenge Travel or Journey selection. For more, visit Books and Chocolate.