This female-driven true crime adventure follows the author's quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies.
A book that satisfies and educates ... The book is also a portrait of hope and resilience, especially when it comes to Langford, Tarr and the families of the missing.
Trail of the Lost stumbles along its journey: Ms. Lankford has a propensity to overuse the adjective “cute,” and one of the first sources she cites is an undergraduate thesis. But one accepts the author’s idiosyncrasies because it’s hard to imagine who else could have produced a work like this. Her book is a sprawling portrait of an area whose fantastical features practically necessitate the use of metaphor.
A rich, multilayered narrative that works on three different levels ... The research was meticulous and Lankford used interviews to paint vivid pictures, including of what their mental and emotional states they might've been in while hiking ... Trail of the Lost is written with a clear, fast-paced, straightforward prose that still manages to be beautiful and immersive.
