Greg Mortenson quotes Mother Teresa and lives by her devotion to help others, "What we are trying to do may be a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of the missing drop". Providing an education to kids and more importantly girls, in Afghanistan and Pakistan is Greg's way to enhance peace and provide people with a reason to live over die. I thought the story was great. I have true admiration for a man that cherishes education and others as much as he does. It is an inspiring st...

I'm having a difficult time getting through this one. I'm about 1/4 through. Everyone says, "Oh that is such a good book!" I'm just not feeling it, though. Update - I'm finally finished, and I didn't think it was a great book. I have mixed feelings about the work Mortenson is doing in the middle east, and I believe there is a lot of self-promotion on his part. He has another book out. After looking at it, particularly the pictures included, I believe it shows just how much of a "personality" he'...

Today I would love to write the review of "Three Coups of Tea". A couple of days ago, I read the book in English. It was very inspiring and motivating. Have you heard about the name, "Greg Mortenson"? To tell you the truth, before I read the book, I didn't know about him at all.He is kind of an American hero. I think most of people know about Mother Teresa because of her great activities. I can tell you that Greg Mortenson looks like her because of his great activities. He is still struggling to...

I'm not really a fan of true stories. Fiction is the section of the library that I'm always poking around in. But THREE CUPS OF TEA, even the Young Reader's Edition, by Greg Mortenson, totally enveloped me in its adventure. Who knew that one mountain climber could experience so much, and help so many people? Well, apparently the Chief of this village knew.I could not believe how sad this story was, while at the same time enlightening. While children all over the U.S. sit in classrooms with desks...

I felt so betrayed.Would never deliberately read a fraudster’s tale, for tale ie what it was. TrulyAfter finishing Krakauer’s expose, I was viscerally disgusted.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is a very touching book that describes the struggles of the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan who can’t get an education like American children. An American man who is Greg Mortenson tries to climb the second highest mountain in honor of his younger sister but instead gets stuck in a village where he witnesses small children getting their education. After seeing this he can’t bear to see them in pain so as a result he decides to build...

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't know what to expect at first, but it really enthralled me and I wanted to know more. I ended up with the Young Reader's Edition from the library (not realizing it at first and I would also like to make note that in the book itself, the Young Reader's version is actually called the Young Adult version - there's a difference!). I found that this version moved everything along quickly, sometimes too quickly, but I got the most out of it because it really focused...

I'd actually give it 3.5 stars... I read this book in one day, an easy read. I found it enjoyable enough and it also hit a lot on equality for women which I appreciated

Imagine the thrill of climbing the second tallest mountain in the world. Now imagine the feeling of realizing that you are lost. This is what happened to Greg Mortenson in his attempt to climb K2 to honor his sister. He would have died but he came across a small village named Korphe, and they helped him get back to full. Because of what they had done for him, he offered something in return, to build them a school. Eventually, he does build the people of Korphe a school and then starts to build

loved the book. amazing story of getting lost will climbing and finding completly new mission in life - building schools for girls in remote pakistan

This book feels like a missed opportunity.Whilst the authors touch on important discussions about feminism, education and community development, these dialogues are sparse.The book feels overwhelmingly like vanity publishing, and the lack of critical self reflection upon Greg's position as a white foreigner trying to change Indigenous culture and customs is disappointing.I would have loved to learn more about the communities who physically built and used the schools, and the bravery of the femal...

Three cups of tea is a book about Greg Mortenson who tried to climb K2 the second highest mountain in the world. Greg fails and then meets a group of Afghan people who are in a tribe. Greg gets offered tea and realizes they keep asking him he wants more. Greg finds out later on that, if you get one cup of tea you are a stranger, two cups of tea you are a friend, three cups of tea and you become family. This would explain the title, Three Cups of Tea. Greg then begins to think of ways to give bac...

Pedantic in the extreme and an indulgently self-congratulatory book (self-observation that he [Greg:] deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. But, I suppose, if a school can be built because someone is inept at mountain-climbing, then it's a Good Thing.The Intent of this work is decent, the Reason seems quite shallow.I've compared some chapters between the "adult" and "young readers" versions, and find Mortenson is no less pedantic towards his "adult" readers, although the glossary seems to...

Okay, my reviews for this book are 99% negative, for many reasons.-Reason one:I was bored OUT OF MY MIND. By that I mean I don't care. Don't get me wrong, I sympathize the children in Afghanistan and Pakistan that go without the necessities that I don't think about, but I really don't care. I don't know why but I just don't.-Reason two:This was for school. All books chosen by schools (my school at least) are so unbearable that I want to die because they follow stupid guidelines. One of the guide...

This book was alright. I don't typically read books like this because I don't enjoy reading non-fiction as much but this book was still fairly good. This book is about a climber that gets lost while climbing K2 and finds a village where many of the people are uneducated and in need of a school. After he sees this he makes it his goal to build schools all throughout Pakistan. The author makes it very clear that schools and education are extremely important for everyone. The book was organized in

The only reason this gets 2-stars and not a solid 1-star is that I reserve 1-stars for DNF. This tale, because tale is what it is, despite supposedly being real, is so fictitious that it's borderline criminal. I only read this because this is what my book club wanted to read and I definitely wouldn't recommend that more groups read this.