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Ring Road: A Journey Around Iceland
Pack your bags and take a trip around Iceland!
Unlike any novel ever written, Ring Road is part memoir, travel journal, and a reflection of life’s journeys. It is a collection of individual and unique stories from around the world that are unforgettable and told in an original and compelling voice. The subjects are as diverse as the stops along the way and as haunting and breathtaking as Iceland itself.
Ring Road is inclusive, complex, genuine, and not to be missed.
Unlike any novel ever written, Ring Road is part memoir, travel journal, and a reflection of life’s journeys. It is a collection of individual and unique stories from around the world that are unforgettable and told in an original and compelling voice. The subjects are as diverse as the stops along the way and as haunting and breathtaking as Iceland itself.
Ring Road is inclusive, complex, genuine, and not to be missed.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 5, 2024
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August 25, 2024
All Things to all Readers?
Ring Road aims to be a travel guide and does not fully hit the mark in that regard. It’s more of a travel log as the author writes about his experiences. The interweaving of the authors personal experiences with info on local sites of interests all over Iceland, are both valuable and intriguing.
I found the characters of Ty and Adrian to be a particular interest and I would’ve liked to learn more about their backstory. And that was true across the board… a little more detail would be good.
The author does a wonderful job at creating word pictures so that the reader feels like they’re actually there. And I liked how the book breaks up various sites so that they don’t all run together and you can mark sites and areas you’re interested in visiting. However, I would be less than honest if I didn’t say that I was looking for more information on local sites and a little less on the personal experiences sides. I think maybe the book tries to do too much.
However as I reader I found the flow of the story to be a little disjointed. One chapter we’re in Iceland, the next chapter were in Japan, another section we are over in… you get the idea. I would have found it much more effective to just stay in Iceland and concentrate on the special natural and historic sites in that country.
But I guess I’ll pay this book the ultimate compliment… Next spring my wife and I will climb on a plane headed to Iceland and this book will be on my lap!
Ring Road aims to be a travel guide and does not fully hit the mark in that regard. It’s more of a travel log as the author writes about his experiences. The interweaving of the authors personal experiences with info on local sites of interests all over Iceland, are both valuable and intriguing.
I found the characters of Ty and Adrian to be a particular interest and I would’ve liked to learn more about their backstory. And that was true across the board… a little more detail would be good.
The author does a wonderful job at creating word pictures so that the reader feels like they’re actually there. And I liked how the book breaks up various sites so that they don’t all run together and you can mark sites and areas you’re interested in visiting. However, I would be less than honest if I didn’t say that I was looking for more information on local sites and a little less on the personal experiences sides. I think maybe the book tries to do too much.
However as I reader I found the flow of the story to be a little disjointed. One chapter we’re in Iceland, the next chapter were in Japan, another section we are over in… you get the idea. I would have found it much more effective to just stay in Iceland and concentrate on the special natural and historic sites in that country.
But I guess I’ll pay this book the ultimate compliment… Next spring my wife and I will climb on a plane headed to Iceland and this book will be on my lap!
January 3, 2025
Captivating
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