I didn't have particularly high expectations for this
book. I loved The
Rosie Project but didn't enjoy Simsion's latest work. And the book was a collaboration.
I was curious about how the two authors divided up the
work on this book. I found this in a
newspaper article:
"Buist wrote from Zoe's
perspective, Simsion from Martin's. They then merged the two journeys. Simsion reduced
the manuscript to half its size and they edited each other's
chapters."
It seems to have worked very well. While reading the book I was unable to detect
any difference in writing style between the points of view.
This book is worth reading for many reasons:
·
The setting being walking to Santiago de
Compostela – the St James Way
·
France and its customs
·
The humour
·
The plot was interesting and not too
obvious
·
The ending!
I think this one will be a hit!
I very much want to read this, the Rosie Project is one of my favorite novels and I would love to walk the Camino and have read several books by pilgrims walking it. Did you see the great movie The Way starring Martin Sheen, fiction about his Camino walk?
ReplyDeleteNew one for me. I've always thought a collaboration must be tough but this division seems to have worked very well. Thank you for the review.
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