Overall enjoyed the story with mixed emotions. Being not fond of infidelity, and/or adultery, it was difficult to root for the main characters. Many moments of wondering if it was necessary to have such detail of the lovemaking. Sometimes, its best to leave it to our imagination. ( )

Review: The Long Walk Home by Will North.

I was captivated by the story and I felt it was well written. It held the emotions of love and loss, grief and hopes between to struggling people who tried to do what was right and not show their emotions of passion that they thought they would never feel again. There have been comments that the book is overly descriptive. Yes, it was descriptive but it made me see and feel so much of the environment, places, and people which I thought enhanced the story. I also felt I really understood each character and the image of landscape beauty.

It begins with Alex walking a long journey from Heathrow airport to a valley in the north of Wales to climb a mountain, Cadair Idris to spread his wife’s ashes, her last wish, at the summit of this mountain. As Alex entered the valley he looked for a place to stay for a couple of days. He came across a sheep farm which was also a B&B Inn where Fiona and her ill-husband welcomed visitors which was close to the base of the mountain that he was going to climb. Alex asked for a room but the inn rooms were full but there would be one opened the next day so he left. Alex did return back to the Inn soon after he left to ask if he could pitch his tent away from the house until the next day.

This is where the story actually started where the friendship between Alex and Fiona grew stronger. As the story goes on the reader will notice the connection between Alex and Fiona, how they thought and did take into consideration that Fiona had an ill-husband. ( )

This book was my first venture into Will North's offerings. It made me interested in Wales and all the things I didn't know about Wales and Snowdonia in particular. It was a wonderful love story, so well written. It had a slow suspenseful rise from beginning to end. ( )

A beautiful love story, fast read: Will North did a wonderful job with his first novel. The scenery is breathtaking, and i enjoyed the characters very much.A book, that keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next.
I look forward to the other books by this author.

This was in a Readers Digerst condensed book which I read at work becasue there was nothing else to read. It started out slow and kept going without any surprises. The usual boy meets girl ect. ( )