I have to be honest - I never was that intrigued by Born to Run, but I trust Megan and Anna implicitly and so I bought into expanding my usual reading interests for our March book. It is now May, and I have yet to finish this book. I've tried. I've picked it up repeatedly and feel more frustrated each time by how incoherent the narrative feels to me. Both Meg and Anna listened to this book before / if they read the actual text, and I think that would make a difference. McDougall's writing reads like story that is being told around a campfire or after everyone's eaten at a barbeque which is fun, but feels in print, like it is one of those "you had to be there" stories. Don't get me wrong, it's a fascinating story, but it's just one where I'd rather be sitting in the spa than trying to follow which drug cartel is actually throwing bodies int he canyon.
To the people who read the book, kudos to you. Don't judge me too much for my failure to run.
