The watercolor/gouache/collage illustrations were terrific. I also liked the dip pen writing style employed throughout the book. The story was interesting though I felt it could have been more exciting.
This book is essential to understanding the basics of the Thoth Tarot. The LWB that comes with the deck is incredibly obtuse and short when compared to the amount of sheer data that each card includes. It's a obtuse book as well... part of the reason is that it's old and uses terms to describe things that we use other terms for nowadays. [bc:Absolute Promethea 6272009 Absolute Promethea Alan Moore http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266608682s/6272009.jpg 6455354]Another terrific companion to the Thoth Tarot (believe it!) Alan Moore's graphic novel [b:Absolute Promethea 6272009 Absolute Promethea Alan Moore http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266608682s/6272009.jpg 6455354]. A huge chunk of the story involves a deep exploration of the Tree of Life through the symbolism of the Thoth Tarot and Crowley.
This book gave me a great overview of what I was missing in my site planning skills, planning content and working with it structurally, as well as from a marketing perspective. I found some of the book hard to get through - I think the second chapter - and almost gave it up. I think part of it is I was expecting a lighter book - the other two A Book Apart books have pictures, video, code, and examples. The Elements of Content Strategy is about the same length but packed full of text.
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