A fascinating read about Percy Fawcett, a formidable adventurer. David Grann writes with candor and enthusiasm and draws the reader in from the first page. Highly recommended by all the book club members.

A great idea but poorly executed. I thought this book would be exciting and interesting but instead it was confusing and boring. However, some of the characters were memorable, Fawcett's wife for example, and it was a very unique book to read.

Too history textbookish.

I should start my review by stating that I have never wanted to visit the Amazon and do not understand its lure. This book reinforced that for me, except for the last chapter. Ostensibly, the book is about Colonel Fawcett's journey to find the City of Z, but we are left just as clueless about his journey by the time we finish the book. On the other hand, the last chapter does explain why no one of that time period was able to find Z. This chapter made me wish I had read some of the books written by the archaeologists cited, rather than this selection.

This was a very informative history book about a topic that I have zero interest in. Too many bugs and ew for my taste. I wish there was more detail about the discoveries and passion for them. Left me lacking, and still very not interested in this history.