The reviewer finds 'Tracks' similar to Cheryl Strayed's 'Wild' but less engaging due to the author's lack of personal details. While the story is intriguing, the storytelling is criticized for not providing enough depth.
The reviewer compares 'Tracks' to Cheryl Strayed's 'Wild', noting both feature women trekking in the wilderness, but finds Robyn Davidson less personable. The adventurous journey across the Australian Outback is cool, but the lack of details about Davidson's motivations and preparations leaves the story feeling less engaging. The reviewer criticizes the absence of personal insights, which they believe are essential for an autobiographical account.
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This reminded me a lot of Cheryl Strayed's _Wild_ , especially since both stories involved woefully unprepared women trekking out into the wilderness and somehow managing to survive (often with the help of strangers), but Strayed was just a lot more personable.
I get that these were written in very different periods, and that Strayed wrote her book at a time where we felt much more entitled to the details of strangers' lives, but Davidson really suffered from a lack of details.
Anyway, the story is cool, it just isn't told super well - I get not wanting strangers to know details of your life, but if you're trying to capitalize on an autobiographical story, you do have to be ready to share at least some details.