Some readers liked the simplicity of this parable-like tale. However it did not seem to have stood the test of time for those who were reading it for the second time. As one commentator said….I thought it was amazing, simple and succinct tale when I first read it in my teens. This time round it felt deeply twee and I was heartedly fed up with the omens. This seems to say something about how our tastes change with age and the time will live (and read) in. What about those iconic figures ? Beautiful accepting woman in the desert….wise and powerful man with big sword ? Few scores from the group but those I had ranged from 5 to 7.
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