AWOL ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL

If you've ever harbored the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail from beginning to end, then this book will either spur you on or convince you of the folly of your pretensions. More than a travelogue, this work is a personal story and a testament to endurance and introspection. Christopher Lee has a deep, clear, authoritative voice, and he does his best to evolve into someone we want to be with for the duration of this journey. He partially succeeds but, overall, sounds too much like an informational narrator, and not a travel companion. Lee does a good job describing the trail, and he moves the story along energetically. This book, however, needs a narrator with a slightly quirkier personality in order to reflect its author and his experience. R.I.G. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2013]