This was a difficult book for me to get through. The Afterward is as it states, it is after a great journey and epic adventure. It discusses what happens to those that were on that journey and how their lives unfolded after the adventure.
The problem is that the afterward of the adventure makes you feel as if you missed the best part of the story. The author gives glimpses but we never really get immersed into that story because they choose to give us the more boring story for some reason. I guess the idea if novel, but it falls flat.
The Afterward skips the entire hero's journey. It normally ends with the hero's welcome but instead we get the hero's actions being forgotten. It is oddly depressing and it leaves the reader constantly wishing we were reading about the journey. The reader wants to go on the hero's journey, not the hero's day-to-day life. Even a hero's downfall can be an adventure if there is a redeeming action.
This story falls a little flat in that area. It's an okay read that leaves the reader wishing they read the epic adventure rather than the aftermath.
Book Cover
The book cover is interesting. It makes the reader want to open the cover and find out what the women went through.
The problem is that the afterward of the adventure makes you feel as if you missed the best part of the story. The author gives glimpses but we never really get immersed into that story because they choose to give us the more boring story for some reason. I guess the idea if novel, but it falls flat.
The Afterward skips the entire hero's journey. It normally ends with the hero's welcome but instead we get the hero's actions being forgotten. It is oddly depressing and it leaves the reader constantly wishing we were reading about the journey. The reader wants to go on the hero's journey, not the hero's day-to-day life. Even a hero's downfall can be an adventure if there is a redeeming action.
This story falls a little flat in that area. It's an okay read that leaves the reader wishing they read the epic adventure rather than the aftermath.
Book Cover
The book cover is interesting. It makes the reader want to open the cover and find out what the women went through.