Wild Journeys

Liked it, but would've been better with maps and/or illustrations.......more

As is often the case when it comes to collections like this one, there were some tales that were gripping and immersive, and others that passed me by. Overall, I enjoyed hearing these New Zealand stories - some of which I had heard before, others which were new to me. As far as 'wild' goes.... yeah,......more

The chapters with more historical elements were gripping, but many of the chapters were entirely anecdotal and just too vague. I enjoyed a lot of parts of this book but overall felt that I hadn’t really read a book so much as a collection of short stories that varied in quality. As a very basic intr......more

The stories are interesting, but they're interesting in the way that some random half-remembered (questionably true) facts that my dad spurts out occasionally about an incredibly niche thing are cool. Which isn't to say that I didn't like it, just that I can't really see myself actually remembering......more

This book isn't nearly as wild as one might think from the title - it includes driving down State Highway One and hiking up a hill that had been hiked up when the author was a boy scout. He also looks into volcanoes, walks on the northern and southern most parts of NZ, looks for the South Island kok......more