The Lost City of Z

The Amazon has been the basis for many discoveries and mysteries. The Lost City of Z by David Grann, The author tells the story of one of the many mysteries of the Amazon. He talks about the lost city in the Amazon known by many as El Dorado, but by the officer and the main character of the novel as Z. It switches off between the experiences of different explorers through their letters and diaries. It mainly followed his treks and those of the famous Percy H. Fawcett. The story illustrates the hardship that hundreds of people experienced while searching through the Amazon. It also focuses on Percy Fawcett's search for El Dorado and the mystery of his death.
I feel that this book is truthfully the tale of the authors obsession. Even though he describes it as other people's obsession with the Amazon, he couldn't even tear himself away from the place. His obsession led him to writing about th Amazon. Although David Grann did do a good job on this book. It is a great book for those interested in mystery or for those other people obsessed with the Amazon. He obviuosly put a lot of hard work into this and it was good for its topic. But for the average reader this book can be boring and even off-base. The story is more about Percy Fawcett and the author then it is about Z. Also David Grann didn't really fit into this mystery. He did not make the discovery about anything, other researchers did. He just put together what multiple researchers found into a book. His actual experience was unimportant.

-Ho Chi Minh