Reviews - Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

If you want to read a book about bourbon, this is not the book. It's the author's full book brag about how Julian van Winkle is his best friend, and now that he has your attention he will now tell you all about his own father and family and fertility issues. I was reading as an audiobook (the narrator did not know how to correctly pronounce Louisville) and I hated it so much that I started listening on double speed toward the end of the book.

hollowaybyrd's review against another edition

2.0

It’s a good story, but there’s a lot of fluff.
I did learn a lot about the whiskey and the Van Winkle family, but it was also sort of an autobiography which I didn’t expect. Towards the end, some chapters get very political in a way that felt unnecessary and forced.

kcaverly's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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