This topic interested me as I enjoy reading of true adventure and survival, heroism and real people in difficult circumstances. The first 100 or so pages were ok writing, but I was wondering if I would finish the book and then I encountered a local connection. One of the rescuers grew up in State College and went to Penn State. Now I was propelled forward. Ultimately I plan to look at the old yearbooks at the HS library to see what I can find out about Lloyd G. Smith (also had a brother Clayton). I love a history mystery! Are there family members still in the area? The game is afoot. The writer carefully captured much detail in this story and the humanity, people with clay feet at times and pure bravery and determination at other times. While this was an interesting episode in history, Lineberry's narrative was dull and plodding. She has an impressive pedigree as a journalist but this story would have been better served by a fiction-writer's sense of character, structure and pacing. Perhaps more research was needed, as most of the information seems to come from a limited number of sources. Can't recommend it although I finished it.
Honestly kind of boring, it basically just describes them walking around Albania for 3 months.
—randomhavoc
While their rescue was noteworthy, the story of it was not. The details seemed to drag on.
—karlwong11
Seems like a cool story , but the writing was too dry. I didn't finish it.
—Tls
