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In a tale of mystery, there’s a choice that reaches to a past that’s been missing for a boy who sees a world of faraway tales and present secrets. Until now as a young man, he finds a task set before him by the enigmatic figure of his grandfather. On a journey that leads away from his small village on a quiet fiord, to forgotten routes high among mountain passes and their towering cities, across ancient desert lands and the lingering echoes of lost kingdoms, to a city in the clouds and its riddle for a few who are drawn within. And to many other wonderful and desolate places until his destination is at last reached on a hidden and secret island, in the completion of his grandfather’s request.

Along this winding path he finds what things are within life – of fears and love, friendship and ambition, adventure and creativity, spirituality and darkness, sorrow and regret. And a choice, in a moment that comes to each. Reminiscent of a present-day fairytale, And Clouds Passed Above shares thematic similarities with magical realism and The Alchemist, 1Q84 and Life of Pi. Where each place is part of a choice in how to spend a life, and whether something else may lie beyond. With a contemplative pace, at its heart is the way the world seems as a child, the way each moment and experience has a feeling and texture, magic and mystery, and wondering if this might stay each day, waiting to be rediscovered.

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This book just wasn’t for me, I like the synopsis of the story but while reading I found myself bored nothing exciting was happening.

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