A review by bucketoffish
Follow This Thread: A Maze Book to Get Lost in by Henry Eliot

5.0

This book is really cool. It presents stories about the history, symbology, and mystique of mazes and labyrinths, using the myth of Theseus as a framing device. The text itself is laid out in a labyrinthine manner, requiring the reader to twist the book as it's being read, in order to follow a winding red thread throughout. Eliot covers the impact of the maze on cultures throughout history, and examines its myriad connotations in various mythologies, as well as its development and usage in the modern day. The book is written in a way to make the reader feel a bit disoriented, and some of the people written about in the book seem like they're a bit mad. It's made me appreciate mazes even more, and the list at the end offered a unique set of locations to add to my travel list!