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Only 2 stars?
TT wrote: "Only 2 stars?"
Hi. I honestly couldn't remember why, but I have found my review on FB from 2020. I guess the author's enthusiasm for Franco and his self-centeredness bothered me. Perhaps I was just being unfair. Perhaps it was the pandemic...
There is no question that the book is well written and well researched, perhaps even too much as the author tends to digress endlessly with historical names and dates that even the most avid Camino enthusiast may find trying. Likewise, Starkie has an uncanny ability to start a story or an observation and end up making it about himself, which can be annoying at times (as well as his enthusiasm for General Franco). However, despite the flaws, the book is a wonderful account of a Camino without albergues, without certificates and without our current concerns about ‘doing it right’.
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TT wrote: "Only 2 stars?"Hi. I honestly couldn't remember why, but I have found my review on FB from 2020. I guess the author's enthusiasm for Franco and his self-centeredness bothered me. Perhaps I was just being unfair. Perhaps it was the pandemic...
There is no question that the book is well written and well researched, perhaps even too much as the author tends to digress endlessly with historical names and dates that even the most avid Camino enthusiast may find trying. Likewise, Starkie has an uncanny ability to start a story or an observation and end up making it about himself, which can be annoying at times (as well as his enthusiasm for General Franco). However, despite the flaws, the book is a wonderful account of a Camino without albergues, without certificates and without our current concerns about ‘doing it right’.
