Reviews - Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London

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Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London

I got about 90% of the way through and DNF. This was not at all what the description said and is more of an examination of how much Elkin loves Paris. You might be a fan if you’re into Virginia Woolf because there are smatterings of history but I am clearly not the target audience here.

ursulamonarch's review against another edition

2.0

What a great concept for a book! Sadly, IMO, it was not really focused on the concept and was too scattered. I mostly enjoyed the memoiristic components and the Tokyo chapter, but most of the Parisian chapters were too focused on (to me) random parts of history and less on the city itself.

santacoppelia's review against another edition

Me pasa con CASI TODOS los libros de ensayos cortos: los leo de a poco y regreso a ellos un tiempo después. Este fue de las lecturas que me sacó de la "mente de pandemia", pero no he sentido la necesidad de regresar a él.

ejmc2's review against another edition

Weirdly, not enough about walking.

Still good though.

sungyena's review against another edition

1.0

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

ainsley9's review against another edition

3.0

Unfortunately, Lauren Elkin is the main character

bookschaosnart's review against another edition

2.0

It felt like the author was trying to write a memoir, a biography of influential women authors and a commentary on social issues all in on.e Instead, it made fora clunky series of essays that didn't really work for me. I enjoyed the Paris protests chapter and the Tokyo memoir chapters but the rest left me oscillating between bored and wanting more.