A review by buffalokid
The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir by Roman Dial
adventurous
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
Surface. Fear. Parenting?
I dont know what I was looking g for when I grabbed this book, which turned out to be a good thing because it sits on a shelf of half-way books. I able to give me a complete...anything, except an end. Half adventure, half parenting, half reflective. The author never gives me the depths I am looking for and crave from adventure stories, especially nonfiction ones. The story of a parents view of a missing child is surreal and terrifying. The stories of an dventurer are interesting enough. The reflection that comes with both of those identities are surface level, offering a half step into the authors heart. What made it worse was the omission of privilege in this tale - a true symptom of early nat geo travelers.
I dont know what I was looking g for when I grabbed this book, which turned out to be a good thing because it sits on a shelf of half-way books. I able to give me a complete...anything, except an end. Half adventure, half parenting, half reflective. The author never gives me the depths I am looking for and crave from adventure stories, especially nonfiction ones. The story of a parents view of a missing child is surreal and terrifying. The stories of an dventurer are interesting enough. The reflection that comes with both of those identities are surface level, offering a half step into the authors heart. What made it worse was the omission of privilege in this tale - a true symptom of early nat geo travelers.