L.J.'s review
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
L.J.'s review
rating:
bookshelves: belongs-on-my-shelf
recommended for: Travellers, General Reading
status: Read in June, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: belongs-on-my-shelf
recommended for: Travellers, General Reading
status: Read in June, 2007
With reading several Bryson books in a row I am able to clearly see his good and bad. This one is actually my second favorite of his and yet it is an older one at that. It is one of the funnier sides to Bill we experience as he unveils his opinions of Europe along with some interesting side notes. I was less interested in this book, in relation to his Australia narrative, as this earlier tome is raw and does little in building a place with the expected quirky notes and background as his more recent work. This is more an off-the-cuff writing style that works here but I could have used an extra hundred pages of funny filler and historical descriptions and less of Bryson just writing about things that happen to him. With that said I would reread this and will someday in the distant future when I want a quick escape. It is not as good as 'Sunburned' but better than 'Walk in the Woods', but all are fun reads.
