"Really liked it" is a bit of a stretch, but I'm rounding up. I did really like the idea behind this - I'm not entirely convinced by the existence of the mono-myth, as it seems like something that can be backed up by cherry-picking, but then I'm not familiar enough with world mythologies to pick out counter-examples. That said, I don't need to agree with every last thing in order to find value in some of the shared symbolism and connections between different mythologies, many of which have influenced (and been influenced by) the stories come from other cultures.

It also feels a bit churlish to complain about the wealth of example that Campbell gives. I can see his problem - when offering up a theory as monumental as this one, more evidence is probably better than less, but it does make it repetitive to wade through. (That bit of a stretch I was talking about earlier was in regard to execution, not concept.) I read Campbell's Power of Myth recently, and had much the same complaint: he does ramble on and on, and there's a lot of woolliness that could be cut away here to make it a more streamlined read. Weary of his need to endlessly explain as I am, though, I would have liked to see more examples from South and Central America and Africa. I think he could have made room by getting rid of some of the examples come from Buddhism - enamoured as he clearly is, I felt as if I were reading the same points over and over there.