Puzzling

The Salt Path
I couldn't get through this. Why on earth would a couple have set out on such a strenuous walk, with no money, when the husband was fatally ill? Why subject someone you love to pain and exhaustion? It made no sense. No adequate reason is ever given and this proved to be a major stumbling block in liking and accepting the book at face value. In addition, the content consists of far too much nature description, in a self-consciously 'literary' style, and repetitive accounts of being cold/hot, hungry and uncomfortable, and meeting eccentric characters, until - who would have thought it - it all ends happily. I suspect there is more to this story than meets the eye, but wish them both well for the future.