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I found this book to be a true home run. One of the ways I can always tell a winner is my not wanting it to end and this read certainly fit the bill.

As other reviewers have mentioned it's a complex piece with real characters dealing with real questions and issues we can all relate to. No cardboard cutouts here or facade and pretense which I find most refreshing. Our protagonist Greg has hit the wall mentally and is running away from an all too lifelike troubled marriage in attempt to assist those ravaged by the Haitian tragedy of 2010. He's an extremely likable principle with his openness and honesty pulling you in as the pages turn. At any moment sheer elation will be displaced by utter depths of despair as each layer of the onion is peeled away. Of particular joy is the banter / budding relationship between Greg and Beth, a volunteer doctor also wishing to assist those injured in Haiti.

For those who have ever enjoyed traveling via motorcycle this book will resonate on an even higher level. Montgomery's grasp of the subtleties of riding is almost borderline spiritual, and his knowledge of the BMW brand is particularly comprehensive. If he didn't write so well I'd accuse him of being a crack BMW mechanic in another life.

Bottom line if you want to read a vapid paint-by-numbers novel while waiting on a delayed flight at your airport of choice, this book is not for you. However, if you're the kind of person who values content, real emotion, deeply interesting characters, witty dialogue, and keen settings this is a wonderful page turner. I look forward to Montgomery's next work.


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Promise of Departure edition by LW Montgomery Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

A page turner.

The main character, Greg, is immediately relatable and carries us forward through the story with ease.

I love that the character is flawed, honest about those flaws, and willing to do the hard work to expose those flaws. It's always a joy to read a character that's a human, rather than "a character".

I expect I'd like to have a beer with this Greg guy.

As an aside, the motorcycle motif worked really well for me. It's interesting to me... by using a motorcycle we're both given enough abstraction to move quickly through the terrain but not so much as to be separated from it. The authors language and clear ownership of this motif comes through so clearly that I, as someone who's never ridden a motorcycle, come away feeling like a seasoned rider.

I'm looking forward to what else LW Montgomery has in store! Pretty outstanding first book.
Promise of Departure is a solid first novel from LW Montgomery. In the beginning, the mechanical jargon of motorcycle riding and repair left me left me slightly bewildered. I know next to nothing about engine mechanics and even less about riding motorcycles. However as the narrative continued, I found a common ground with the character of Greg, his journey, and the different people he met along the ride.

Promise is a personal narrative of Otherness and finding hope in the most hopeless of places and situations. Beyond the core personal struggles Greg has with depression, alcoholism, and his relationship with others, there is the visceral understanding of a desperate man trying to hold on to the only thing he believes he has left to provide the world. Paired with the rich descriptions of the beauty and horror of post-earthquake Haiti and the joyous descriptions of the native Haitians, Promise of Departure is a very solid read that allows us to see through the often bleary, but tragically sobering eyes of Greg.
I appreciate the author's ability to bear his soul so readily in this book - all the gritty details and stuff about ourselves that most people would never say out loud to a friend, let alone put down in ink for all to see. Beyond that, I struggle to call this a complete book. It is a vivid account of the how and why he ended up in Haiti and brief snapshot of what happened there. Couched as a memoir, it makes sense, as a complete story - for me at least - it falls short. Other reviewers compared this to Zen and Jupiter's Travels but it lacks the reflective awareness of the experience that both those author's provided. I recommend a read, just keep your expectations in check.
I really liked the premise of Greg giving up material things to help aid in Haiti and fix bikes. The story was well-written, with the characters and relationships believable until he meets Beth.

We are supposed to believe that this determined, heartbroken man falls in love within two days with a little wisecracking Danica Patrick look-a-like. Right. I didn't think his character was even written by the same author in this part, he seems to have turned into an idiot and lost all vocabulary.

Thankfully, he gets back on track and I was able to enjoy the rest of the novel. It's clever, and also keeps the reader engaged through the entire story.
I found this book to be a true home run. One of the ways I can always tell a winner is my not wanting it to end and this read certainly fit the bill.

As other reviewers have mentioned it's a complex piece with real characters dealing with real questions and issues we can all relate to. No cardboard cutouts here or facade and pretense which I find most refreshing. Our protagonist Greg has hit the wall mentally and is running away from an all too lifelike troubled marriage in attempt to assist those ravaged by the Haitian tragedy of 2010. He's an extremely likable principle with his openness and honesty pulling you in as the pages turn. At any moment sheer elation will be displaced by utter depths of despair as each layer of the onion is peeled away. Of particular joy is the banter / budding relationship between Greg and Beth, a volunteer doctor also wishing to assist those injured in Haiti.

For those who have ever enjoyed traveling via motorcycle this book will resonate on an even higher level. Montgomery's grasp of the subtleties of riding is almost borderline spiritual, and his knowledge of the BMW brand is particularly comprehensive. If he didn't write so well I'd accuse him of being a crack BMW mechanic in another life.

Bottom line if you want to read a vapid paint-by-numbers novel while waiting on a delayed flight at your airport of choice, this book is not for you. However, if you're the kind of person who values content, real emotion, deeply interesting characters, witty dialogue, and keen settings this is a wonderful page turner. I look forward to Montgomery's next work.