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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Even though this book was written in 1889, overall it's surprisingly relevant today. I had the impression that Victorian era folks were stuffy, stuck up and boring, but the humor in this book was pretty good. It follows three bumbling young gentleman as they boat their way up the Thames. I found that many of the stories sounded very much like what you'd hear from modern campers. There were a few times when the opinions re: women were a little out of date and one usage of the word "n*gger", but otherwise the book was really enjoyable.
Comments in <20 words: 19th-century (checked multiple times) humour amazingly similar to present-day, though far too tangential for my taste. Struggled to focus.
Đọc cũng không đến nỗi, nhưng không làm mình có hứng thú muốn đọc tiếp. Thôi drop cho lành!
This book completely relies on you finding it funny. If it is not your type of humor there really is not much else going on. It was not my type of humor.
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny, really funny and well-written, but oddly slow and with no plot and little character development.
I loved this book so much and found myself laughing out loud in certain places (which earned me some odd looks at the gym, where I was using the elliptical). Fun, ridiculous, and also charming, with little peeks at history and historical places in England. Highly recommended.
The strangest part of this book was the rather curious tonal change from the general, very British sense of humour to travel writing to even more curious purple prose. But the book is genuinely funny, the kind where people feel compelled to ask you what you might be chuckling about, and the wild tonal shifts does not take that much.
Delightful. Enchanting. Deep, but in a shallow, lighthearted way. I loved this book and I don't know how I made it past 30 as an avowed lover of British literature without knowing that this book and Wodehouse's Jeeves books existed.