One of the most entertaining memoirs I've listened to and i'm not even a kayaker. Held my attention from the beginning. Plenty of action, but she was able to convey that parts of a months long trip are boring without actually boring me. I appreciated that the emotional and relational struggles of being with t he same 2 people for months wasn't overly sanitized. The personality conflicts really added to the drama. I didn't know anything about the outcome before picking up the book and I was never sure if they were going to finish the feat together or even still be speaking to one another when it all ended or finish with all their body parts.
The author was also through this journey trying to figure out what her next steps in life would be, at the start she'd lost her job and was feeling the pressure to settle down into a more typical life with a 9 to 5 and 401k, so i enjoyed hearing her progress towards figuring things out. (That being said, this is NOT the story of a wealthy entitled person who just quit her job to go find her self. )