The "big twist" is just some old dude sending a letter up the mountain to Pearce in which the entire secret plot is revealed. The rest of the characters, except for Nima, all blurred together for me. It seems like he's born into privilege, became a doctor because he wanted to and not because he had to work, he's got a weird sibling rivalry with his brother who is also on the expedition, on and on.
I had a hard time connecting to the main character, Stephen Pearce. It gave the story a feeling of directionlessness and confusion. In the bulk of it, climbing the mountain, there was very little allusion to the mystery/creepy part of the story. I can't figure out why it was written this way. Thin Air is 90% about climbing a mountain, 5% mystery, and 5% creepy stuff.
This seems to be a theme for me: I keep reading very short books that somehow should have been even shorter. And this book was fine but it was not great. The last expedition ended in tragedy, mystery, and falsehoods. Five men set off on an expedition to climb Kangchenjunga, the deadliest peak in the world.
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