The Lost City of Z

“You know, I had a lot of romantic notions about the jungle, and this kind of finished that”

3.5 rounded up

So, this is basically the biography of Percy Fawcett and his many attempts to map the Amazon rain forest and discover the lost city of Z or El Dorado or Golden City or whatever. Smattered in-between these tales of courage and daring, you've got bits about the author, David Grann as he prepares to follow in Fawcett's path.

For the most part this was really interesting but there were some moments of dullness along the way, probably the bits where we weren't in the Jungle. Highlights are the horrific details of how the Amazon can kill you, including being eaten from the inside out by various critters and bugs, 20ft anacondas, cannibals and much much more.

There's no conclusion to the story, the mystery lives on and that's absolutely find because we all know the only way to find the Lost City Of Z is to find the Stargate and the DHD.