As someone with very little interest in running (bikes are more efficient outside and running on a treadmill can be used as a metaphor for pretty much every pointlessly enduring and infuriating slice of life), I didn't think I'd enjoy this very much at all. I was wrong! I'd heard a lot of good things of course and read this after a recommendation from Laird Hamilton.
The writing isn't intricate or complex but the story the book is built around is absolutely fascinating - a window into a world of myths, legends, traditions and history that you'd be lucky to come across otherwise. The characters are endlessly intriguing, the real life stories encapsulating and backed up with fantastic research. A real journey of a novel, and one that'll make you think about a lot of the things you take for granted, and a lot of views you'd otherwise dismiss.
4/5
Stuart Kenny
The writing isn't intricate or complex but the story the book is built around is absolutely fascinating - a window into a world of myths, legends, traditions and history that you'd be lucky to come across otherwise. The characters are endlessly intriguing, the real life stories encapsulating and backed up with fantastic research. A real journey of a novel, and one that'll make you think about a lot of the things you take for granted, and a lot of views you'd otherwise dismiss.
4/5
Stuart Kenny
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