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alishajuma 's review for:
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
I did enjoy a lot of the stories and examples of myths given but it made the book feel very disjointed- like a shallow recounting of a million stories with very little payoff or analysis, jumping from point to point. The demonstration of his breadth of knowledge on mythology made it feel like he was showing off how well read he was rather than saying anything with real meaning. I don’t even want to say he was reaching for points because he didn’t really say anything substantial. I felt like this book rambled on forever- I had high hopes but was so relieved when I finally finished it. There were interesting parts but I just don’t think the messages of the book were groundbreaking at all.