Review: strange & wonderful
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
The Tales of Tim Hurtletuta,(what nationality that name might be is a mystery), is the story of a man looking back over his life.  He's gained wisdom, so it's not a straight forward tale, but more one with the lessons already learned even as Tim remembers them.  To me, this book is the Celestine Prophecy, mixed into a quirky tale of an English man who finds himself one day.Self-discovery happens to Tim one day on his way to work at his drab office job.  He suddenly wakes up from a many-years dream that started at the hands of a bully when Tim was fifteen.  Because of the trauma that Tim experienced, he basically fell asleep and was very successful at life, yet he wasn't really living.His grand adventure starts when he wakes up and finally realizes that he's been sleep-walking through life to avoid any more hurt.  Once he wakes up, he quits his job and finds his life is at once synchronistic, and filled with adventure and happiness(with a few bumps in the road).The part where Tim starts on his journey of discovery and starts growing unhappy with those around him that don't want to hear all of his new enlightened knowledge, was painful to read.  Who hasn't wanted to share their knowledge of finding their way with all their friends and family?  Whether it be religion, or a gnostic enlightenment, or just how to raise the perfect child, we're all guilty of preaching in one way or another.  The author really brought it home for me.This is certainly a quirky book and at times, it was too wordy.  Maybe it was the happy parts.  Happy books have a hard time keeping my interest, though the author did tell the story of a man who picked up Tim and his girlfriend hitch-hiking.  Darby, was the man's name, his character had me completely enthralled.  Matthew James Wilkins should give Darby his own story.This is a nice story, and I'd recommend it for all the enlightenment that the author sprinkles in.