I respect the enormous influence this book had while also lamenting all the Freudian claptrap I had to endure while reading it. The author excels best when focusing on myths, which is after all the premise of the book, but too often delves into pseudopsychology in an attempt to prove a point about random people's dreams. 

The problem is that so much of its basis around Freudian psychology has since been proven nonsense. Long paragraphs delving into the sexual jealousy and symbolism around boys and their mothers and their circumcisions. The book is also intensely misogynistic, which is a staple of the time of course, but it gets harder to bear when it makes up a third of the text.

Despite this, Campbell does manage to make some interesting points about mythology across the world, and is clearly well-versed in the subject. At times he makes reaches to fit everything into his narrow mold of identity and growth, but there's no doubt he has made something that has gained much respect and merit.

Reading this has also made me realize how much people misinterpret the Hero's Journey, treating it as a rigid structure for everything when not every stage is even meant to be included at the same time. It's not a "how to write a story" guide but an observation on world mythology and the universal human values they expose.