Review of Butterfly Awakens

[Izzy Kruger]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Butterfly Awakens" by Meg Nocero.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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By reading Butterfly Awakens, you get to follow author Meg Nocero’s journey of dealing with grief, finding her spark, and rediscovering her passion. When her mother dies after a long and painful struggle with breast cancer, she immediately feels lost, falls into a deep depression, and suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. This affects all aspects of her life, including her physical health, career, and marriage. Through walking along with her, she explains which things helped her heal, how she experienced inspiration from her mentors, and also gives some advice about how readers experiencing the same life changes can work through it.

The inspirational quotes she included in the book are beautiful, and I just wanted to stop at each chapter and write them down on my own little post-it notes (since I didn’t have my own inspirational “megnets”). Meg is a true inspiration through her transformation and persistence during her struggles. I’ve written down quite a few references to books she referred to using during her journey that I am definitely going to look up for myself as well. I specifically chose this book because my mother also struggled through breast cancer 2years ago, and I anticipated finding a kindred spirit in Meg, and my expectations were met.

The book tends to drag on a bit. In the blurb, you are promised to follow along on her journey of walking the El Camino de Santiago after her mother passes on, and I was pretty disappointed when I’d read more than two-thirds of the book, and she was nowhere near Spain yet. Not only that, but the horrible job she is stuck in during the first chapter of the book is still with us during the 20th chapter. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate how difficult it is to leave a difficult job, but to let your readers suffer through it for 20 chapters is exhausting. Styling-wise, the paragraphs and sentences are pretty long in parts, making it difficult to read and keep interested. This shows a lack of the art of storytelling to keep readers entertained.

I give this book 4 out of 4 stars because it is very well edited, and even though I didn’t enjoy all parts of it, I would happily recommend it to readers for some real, honest inspiration.

Fans of self-help books and memoirs will enjoy this book. Impatient readers who want a quick read should avoid it, however.

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Butterfly Awakens
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