I’d heard great things about this book and the series that it starts, but maybe because of these high expectations I ended up disappointed.
It could be because it starts in an unusual way, introducing a bunch of characters that we don’t meet again (at least in this book) and then starts us off on a hero’s journey. The book is filled with strange visions – things that you take as real are not – and it sort of backs into the information you need to build the world in your mind.
Maybe this vision thing was a product of when this book was written – the 1970’s. Our hero spends most of the book moping about and wishing he could go home to do pig farming. We get it – you’ve been caught up by destiny – let’s move on. There are twists in the story but without the understanding or background that everyone else seems to have they made little impact on me.
Despite the great reviews I think I’ll pass on the rest of the series.
Next I am reading Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
