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Maybe it's because I've worked for 25 years in customer service, but listening to some middle-class dude complain about trivialities is not my idea of entertainment, it's work.Maybe it's because I've worked for 25 years in customer service, but listening to some middle-class dude complain about trivialities is not my idea of entertainment, it's work.Ah, so Bill and I had a break-up around the middle part of this book. I'm sure that Britain is not always a model of sensitive town planning, but what does he expect?
Start by marking “Notes from a Small Island” as Want to Read:
I have so far read this and his book on English/American language, I very much enjoyed both. All in all a rewarding purchase -- and a great antidote to those times when daily life gets a bit too heavy to handle. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Bryson, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, will take you on a tour of all things great and not so great.
I got it backwards but both books were excellent. I really enjoy travelogues, and with his reputation and the cover blurb, I was expecting a hilarious and fascinating read. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright” Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Certainly there are no in-depths insights into the British character to be found here.
At first the reading was amusing, and there are good passages that contain great cultural observations from an outsider's perspective, but Bryson is a biased, self-absorbed liberal, and his narrow-minded perspective often gets in the way of what could have potentially been a greater book.
Before returning to his native America, Bryson launched himself on a seven-week peregrination through the hills and dells, the High Streets and hedgerows of England, Wales, and Scotland.
At first the reading was amusing, and there are good passages that contain great cultural observations from an outsider's perspective, but Bryson is a biased, self-absorbed liberal, and his narrow-minded perspective often gets in the way of what could have potentially been a greater book.
Maybe I had expectations of it, due to the other books I'd read by Bryson, that it hadn't a chance to live up to, but my general experience of it was that it wasn't quite as sharp-witted as the others. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire.
Especially since it was yet another funny buddy-read with To start with I am a Bill Bryson fan.
Also, there are some, well, spicy words and phrases in the book. Bryson brings all his perspective eye, dry wit and outbursts of comic exasperation to this affectionate survey of the British way of life.
He was getting on my very last nerve with his sudden unfriendly outbursts to dogwalkers and jolly families enjoying cream buns. He may well be right. bids a very fond farewell to that sceptered isle, to that promontory of clotted cream. “Notes From A Small Island” is Bill Bryson’s accounts from travelling around Britain. Both books are worth the read -- and both give you plenty of laugh-out-load moments, as well as many moments of thoughtful reflection on being human, as well as life in the UK. A great success in the U.K., Bryson's remarkably lively view should enchant the U.S. travel audience as well. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Corona gotcha down? “Bill Bryson is a funny writer…doubled over belly shakes and seltzer through the nose funny.” The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 324 pages and is available in Paperback format.
If you do not like curmudgeons, this will not be …
Geschreven bij Notes from a Small Island.
However, I see this more as the writing of an enthusiast who looks for the best in things.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Published Strong characters, big on descriptions of life. So I immediately bought several more of his books and have just completed "Notes from a small island".
It really is a fantastic account of Britain as Britain really is, and for Brits of my age Bryson describes exactly what we grew up with. Much of the observation is facile and stereotyped.
Full review to follow.It was hardly surprising to discover that the first book I finished in 2008 was one of my comfort re-reads.
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But after reading the "inside this book" on Amazon I decided to take the plunge. His portrait is certainly heartfelt, and one wonders, as he chokes up describing a stately, vanishing old England, if he will truly find happiness watching the 67 television channels in his native land. You could argue that some of the places he visits are seen through the rose tinted spectacles of someone who already has a happy memory of them and isn't entirely sure he wants to leave.
Maybe it's because I've worked for 25 years in customer service, but listening to some middle-class dude complain about trivialities is not my idea of entertainment, it's work.Maybe it's because I've worked for 25 years in customer service, but listening to some middle-class dude complain about trivialities is not my idea of entertainment, it's work.Ah, so Bill and I had a break-up around the middle part of this book. I'm sure that Britain is not always a model of sensitive town planning, but what does he expect?
Start by marking “Notes from a Small Island” as Want to Read:
I have so far read this and his book on English/American language, I very much enjoyed both. All in all a rewarding purchase -- and a great antidote to those times when daily life gets a bit too heavy to handle. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Bryson, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, will take you on a tour of all things great and not so great.
I got it backwards but both books were excellent. I really enjoy travelogues, and with his reputation and the cover blurb, I was expecting a hilarious and fascinating read. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright” Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Certainly there are no in-depths insights into the British character to be found here.
At first the reading was amusing, and there are good passages that contain great cultural observations from an outsider's perspective, but Bryson is a biased, self-absorbed liberal, and his narrow-minded perspective often gets in the way of what could have potentially been a greater book.
Before returning to his native America, Bryson launched himself on a seven-week peregrination through the hills and dells, the High Streets and hedgerows of England, Wales, and Scotland.
At first the reading was amusing, and there are good passages that contain great cultural observations from an outsider's perspective, but Bryson is a biased, self-absorbed liberal, and his narrow-minded perspective often gets in the way of what could have potentially been a greater book.
Maybe I had expectations of it, due to the other books I'd read by Bryson, that it hadn't a chance to live up to, but my general experience of it was that it wasn't quite as sharp-witted as the others. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire.
Especially since it was yet another funny buddy-read with To start with I am a Bill Bryson fan.
Also, there are some, well, spicy words and phrases in the book. Bryson brings all his perspective eye, dry wit and outbursts of comic exasperation to this affectionate survey of the British way of life.
He was getting on my very last nerve with his sudden unfriendly outbursts to dogwalkers and jolly families enjoying cream buns. He may well be right. bids a very fond farewell to that sceptered isle, to that promontory of clotted cream. “Notes From A Small Island” is Bill Bryson’s accounts from travelling around Britain. Both books are worth the read -- and both give you plenty of laugh-out-load moments, as well as many moments of thoughtful reflection on being human, as well as life in the UK. A great success in the U.K., Bryson's remarkably lively view should enchant the U.S. travel audience as well. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Corona gotcha down? “Bill Bryson is a funny writer…doubled over belly shakes and seltzer through the nose funny.” The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 324 pages and is available in Paperback format.
If you do not like curmudgeons, this will not be …
Geschreven bij Notes from a Small Island.
However, I see this more as the writing of an enthusiast who looks for the best in things.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Published Strong characters, big on descriptions of life. So I immediately bought several more of his books and have just completed "Notes from a small island".
It really is a fantastic account of Britain as Britain really is, and for Brits of my age Bryson describes exactly what we grew up with. Much of the observation is facile and stereotyped.
Full review to follow.It was hardly surprising to discover that the first book I finished in 2008 was one of my comfort re-reads.
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But after reading the "inside this book" on Amazon I decided to take the plunge. His portrait is certainly heartfelt, and one wonders, as he chokes up describing a stately, vanishing old England, if he will truly find happiness watching the 67 television channels in his native land. You could argue that some of the places he visits are seen through the rose tinted spectacles of someone who already has a happy memory of them and isn't entirely sure he wants to leave.