kevinpearce 's review for:

The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

2.0

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I read this because I found the first episode of "The Power of Myth" mind-blowing when it first showed up on Netflix. Much like the show, I felt like the book was illuminating at first, but became rather repetitive and meandering as it went on. The second half was more interesting than the first, however. Campbell's description of the rituals of non-Western cultures also reads as very dated, but it is understandable given its two publishing dates of 1949 and 1968.