Stunning. This was almost reminiscent of "Ain't burned all the bright" but totally unique in its own way. It was an experience to read and I'm excited to own a physical copy to fully digest. Thanks so so much for creating and sharing.

The illustrations in this book are beautiful and I liked that each chapter focused on a different location the author/artist traveled to. This memoir is a mix of art and adventure that takes the reader along for the journey. You can feel the curiosity and peace that the author felt surrounded by nature.

Beautifully written and illustrated, this was a joy to read. The stories were moving and educational and the illustrations help to make it feel as though you are there on those expeditions.

Eventually a Sequoia is an absolute gem — a book that effortlessly blends art, science, history, adventure, and storytelling into one captivating journey. What’s not to love? From start to finish, it was everything I didn’t know I needed in a read.
I’m not typically drawn to outdoorsy, adventure-focused books, but this one completely surprised me. The author’s life experiences, told through various personal adventures, pulled me in and kept me hooked. His storytelling is both insightful and heartfelt, giving readers an intimate glimpse into the places, people, and cultures he’s encountered along the way.
What really set this book apart for me was the visual experience. The combination of photography and artistic illustration was stunning. Each page felt thoughtfully designed — not just informative but visually immersive. It’s rare to find a book that teaches you so much while also being such a pleasure to look at.
From anthropology to environmental insight, cultural exploration to personal reflection, this book offers a little bit of everything. Whether you’re a nature lover or, like me, someone who usually prefers to stay indoors, Eventually a Sequoia is worth picking up.

This book is very interesting and This book is sooo beautiful. The artwork and the pictures they are all so interesting. The book is so informative. The author really have done such a good work on this book. I can see with so many information given in the book. The flow of the story is so smooth.

I came across this ARC of Eventually a Sequoia without knowing about Jeremy Collins or anything about the book beyond the cover and description, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to checking out more by him. While categorized as a graphic novel, it's closest descriptor, this book is that and more. The book follows five different adventures in Collins' life in which he was an observer or participant to the overlap between the natural and the human world: the Amazon, Nepal, and more. The text is typed in blocks or hand-written. The visuals are a mixture of sketches, drawings, photography, and more. The reader learns about the five settings and context to broader humanity, but also connects to the author and ourselves. While a shorter read on text, the broader lessons are empowering, and the book is beautiful from start to finish. I'm sure the physical copy of the book will be even more beautiful, and I look forward to re-reading it in that format when it is published! Thank you to Net Galley and the publishers for this ARC!

I'm not usually one for biographical texts, but this was one was so interestingly presented I had to pick it up. The stories included were all so well written and immersive that I felt like I was living them alongside the author, and the wildly beautiful illustrations only strengthened this feeling. The use of multimedia images in the form of detailed realistic pen drawings, watercolors, black and white photographs, embellished rough sketches, and even the use of negative space in the work is mind bogglingly skilled, and embraces a sense of whimsy while also impressing upon the reader the sense of importance the subjects represent to the artist/author. I will absolutely be looking up other works by this artist.

An adventure story book for adults unlike any other. It's a small peek into the life of a man who walks (climbs, sails, flies...) the world with a pencil and paper, an observer of the stories from it's farthest reaches.

This book caught my attention because of its title. "Eventually a Sequoia," a title just as beautiful as the illustrations that fill the book.

I truly enjoyed reading about Jeremy Collins many adventures he takes us on throughout this book. My favourite was the first about his time spent in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. He is an incredible artist and writer.

If I were to critique anything, it would be the marketing of this book. I personally would categorize it as a novel. It is full of long-form text, handwritten or typed on a typewriter, with illustrations outlining or taking up parts of pages. The illustrations were not telling the story; the text was. This is just my opinion, but I personally think it could be marketed as a novel as a graphic novel may give a different expectation.

Still, I would highly recommend it to any adventurer or traveler, particularly those fascinated by nature like Collins.

Thank you to NetGalley and Mountaineers Books for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Genuinely a lovely book that left me a bit misty eyed in parts. I don't necessarily come from a family of people who are in tune with nature but I did just lose a grandfather who 1000% would have adored this book and always embodied "seeing" the natural world and protecting it. So I maybe spent a lot of the book reminiscing of walks we took together where he'd point out mushrooms and birds to me.
I loved getting to travel with this author and see all these people out experiencing nature to the fullest. And the formatting and illustrations made this book such a fun read, I was excited to keep going and see what else he would give us. I'll definitely be checking out the rest of the author's work and looking up a lot of the others mentioned in here to see what they're up to. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this book, it was a pleasure!

Eventually Sequoia is a graphic memoir that follows Collins through a series of past adventures - boating along the endangered Amazon River to document the communities they pass, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Nepalese mountains, Bears Ears National Monument, and the soaring redwoods of California. He chronicles these journeys through textual recollections and storytelling, accompanied by art and profiles of a number of the people he met.

Collins' art style is fantastic and I fell in love with his portraits of some of the individuals he met. The balancing of text, photographs, and illustrations/art is managed masterfully. Each chapter represents a separate journey he took, yet you can see similar themes throughout the book - the desire to document people and causes, the need to help others in whatever way he could. Whilst I loved reading this book electronically, I cannot help but think that it would be even more stunning in a physical format - being able to actively turn the pages, looking at the illustrative double spreads without needing to swipe, and being able to fully digest some of the smaller details.

Whilst described as a graphic novel, that term does not seem to fully represent this format, which does not follow a stereotypical comic panel style layout. The base of the book is text, heavily supported and interspersed with Collins' art - whether this be drawings, paintings, or photographs. Initially I had some difficulty getting into the book, as I was expecting a more typical graphic novel, but soon I was not wanting to put it down, reading the majority of it in one sitting.

I rated Eventually a Sequoia 4 stars, and would recommend it to those looking for memoirs in a unique format, and especially for nature lovers, and keen travelers.

Thank you NetGalley, Mountaineers Books, and Jeremy Collins for this ARC.

This is a gorgeous mix of illustration, memoir, and travelogue. For anyone interested in making the outdoors into their life's work, or who just loves spending time outside, this is going to be a fascinating work.

I'm going to be looking for more of Collins' writing and illustration work.

Thank you to NetGalley for this eARC.

'Eventually a Sequoia' includes five tales of exploration and activism from artist and climber Jeremy Collins. From the Amazon rainforest to the mountains of Nepal, these snippets of memoir detail occasions Collins used his illustrations to document incredible situations with incredible people. Interesting, entertaining, and of course wonderfully illustrated, this book leaves you wanting more.

4.5 stars

I stumbled upon this ARC categorised under Graphic Novels on Netgalley. Thanks to the publisher for the copy!

Turns out, this book is not a graphic novel. It is a blend of illustrations and creative-visual rendering of Collins’ adventures from around the world. I am thankful that I came across it as I am not usually the sort of person who reaches for travelogues. This book is more than just that though—Collins work will leave you with a lingering urge to do something or as he proposes towards the end, to create with an intent, to serve.

There are some beautiful sentences written in prose in this book, inevitably imbued with striking imagery given Collins’ background.

“As we settled into our sleeping bags, the stars splintered across the sky above us in a maze of blue-and-amber-colored pinholes. To give the cosmos a chance to truly perform their greatest concerts, we must visit them in their proudest auditorium—the desert.”

I would recommend this book for the people in your life, who are always on the lookout for the next big adventure, to escape into the wild, away from the chaos of the world—whether that be figuratively speaking or quite literally.

I think we can safely argue with the Jeremy Collin's professor (quoted at the beginning of the book) that not only do the stories he communicates provide him a living but the artwork that he creates enriches those stories he tells as an art journalist. Even if these narratives didn't provide monetary reward, they certainly have value in contributing to the larger global understanding of our current world, particularly in vulnerable and hard to reach corners that Collins explores.

This volume of beautifully told personal tales alongside globally relevant info is complemented by sketches that invoke the feelings of place and adventure. Each journey is told honestly and with a heartfelt drive to show how art can do good and bring hope in a dark world. Jeremy Collins seems to wrestle with what to do and how best to earnestly assist during this series of once in a lifetime exploration.

The accompanying illustrations themselves have a pleasing variation of line weight and patterns, providing a sneak peek into a travel sketchbook of an artist actively engaging with the "ability to be productive while uncomfortable." I hope Collins's collection of words and gorgeously rendered images speak to the masses and help to change hearts and minds.