Zoe and Martin are back together, this time walking 1600km through France and Italy. Their purpose is to accompany Zoe's sick friend Camille on her pilgrimage to Rome and hopefully even to the Pope himself. You do not have to have read the first book Two Steps Forward but it certainly makes thing more interesting if you have.Two Steps Onward is written in the voices of Zoe and Martin in alternating chapters (I wonder if the authors also wrote that way, each being responsible for the same voice a...

This novel—my fifth by Simsion—has left me feeling like all is right with the world. It also left me wishing I'd known about the Chemin d’Assise and Camino de Santiago when I was young and fit enough to walk the routes and adaptable enough to benefit from the enlightenment I'd find on what must be a truly cathartic journey. This fictional account of six very different people was perhaps the next best thing. Two Steps Onward is the follow-up to Simsion's earlier work, Two Steps Forward. If I had

The following book reviews have been shared by Text Publishing – publisher of Two Steps Onward'Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist’s titles Two Steps Forward and Two Steps Onward, in companion, offer a highly moving and rewarding reading experience. May require tissues.’ Booklover Book Reviews'No aspect of living and how to live is passed over, as well as details of wine varieties you are unlikely to find in any other work of fiction.’ ArtsHub'An escapist, gently witty read that'll appeal to armchair

A little under four stars as this book dragged a bit in parts. I really enjoyed it but it lacked the humour of Two Steps Forward and dealt with more serious issues. Zoe is walking this 1000 mile walk with her friend Camille who has MS and wants an audience with the pope. So this walk leads to Rome.I enjoy these books as they make the walks real and when I can't walk them now, it's great to read them. The relationships were interesting but perhaps a bit too detailed. We have Camille's husband Gil...

I found this book in my mail box, what a nice surprise from the publisher! I enjoyed this book and am envious of the freedom of travel in this pre- COVID story. How I would love to travel to Europe again. This story picks up the tale of Zoe and Martin three years after 'Two Steps Forward', I like that you get to read in both their voices again.

As the (co)-author, of course I'm going to give it 5 stars - we wouldn't let our publisher go to print if we weren't 5-star happy. It's a sequel, and if you haven't read TWO STEPS FORWARD, we'd suggest you do that first, unless you really don't want to read about Spain of the Camino de Santiago. If you like the first book, you'll probably like the sequel: if not...well, life's short and we don't need one-star reviews. Everybody wins.What people like about these books: the settings, the sense of

Three years after Zoe and Martin met and fell in love walking the Camino de Santiago they are once again on another journey. One that will not only take them on a physical journey walking a thousand miles through France and Italy, but also on a deeply personal journey as they reflect on their lives and what they most want from the future.After they fell in love while walking the Camino de Santiago, Martin and Zoe were unable to maintain a long distance relationship with his work and daughter in

Reading this immediately after a re-read of Martin & Zoe's first adventure Two Steps Forward, it was starkly obvious that this sequel is a very different book. Not better or worse, just different. Three years have passed since Martin and Zoe met and fell in love on the Chemin/Camino. They quickly brief us on what has happened in the interim, but this new story really begins with an email from Gilbert, husband of Zoe's French friend Camille, inviting her to join them on a pilgrimage to Rome for a...

After relishing the Simsion/Buist travel-soul searching collaboration "Two Steps Forward" from a few years back, I wasn't sure if they could replicate the spark and spontaneity and freshness in their 2020 tale. But the evolution in their characters, the settings, the pace (of both spiritual reckoning and actual physical progress along the pilgrimage route) produced an effective blend of envy and enjoyment, especially given the fact that my read occurred right as the pandemic lockdown started to

I had the privilege of reading an advanced copy. This book picks up the previous story (which you don't need to have read) and takes a very engaging approach to the tale of a journey. The people step out of the pages and the places come to life through the scrapes and excitement of the characters. I know the book was researched in close detail and that comes across clearly. It is a book that has a gentle yet compelling flow to it. As ever with Graeme and Anne's writing, the ending is not entirel...

Great read, fun follow on from the original.

I remember loving Two Steps Forward so was excited to read the sequel. Sadly, it was quite disappointing. The characters were a little infuriating and the drama between them seemed quite contrived.

Having read Two Steps Forward by husband and wife team, Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist I was very excited to get the chance to read their second book and sequel, Two Steps Onward. I am delighted to say that I was not disappointed, in fact, I felt that Two Steps Forward was even better. While I don’t think it is essential to read the first before the second there is some reference to the first which, while mostly explained, it would be easier if you did read the first one first.The Camino is their...

Two Steps Onward (Text Publishing 2021) is the latest collaboration by couple Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion, both independent authors but also the co-writers of this follow-up novel to Two Steps Forward, released in 2017. That first book followed English engineer Martin and Californian artist Zoe as they met and separately completed the famous Camino de Santiago walk in Spain. In this new book we are reunited with Martin and Zoe as they again follow the pilgrims’ footsteps, this time through rur...

I enjoyed Two Steps Forward and now the sequel Two Steps Onward. A long pilgrim journey - loved following the maps at the front of the book. Only way I’d do the journey. Liked the way relationships developed, the outward and inward journeys. The way each character came to various realisations. Great teamwork from the two authors.

Overall, I mainly finished this book because I remembered part 1 getting better towards the end (and because I'm a huge fan of the Rosie trilogy). Unfortunately, the end of this book seemed rushed and left me dissatisfied.The level of description of the trip might appeal to some, but I found most of it really pointless. Do we really need to know what was on the dinner table every day? I get that the book is supposed to read like a diary, but there's a reason why most diaries are never published....