Reviews

The Idea of Canada: Letters to a Nation by David Johnston

kjulie's review against another edition

3.0

I was initially intruiged to read this collection of letters written by Canada's current Governor General. I have read, and loved letter collections before (84 Charing Cross lane), but this collection fell flat. I think that my lack of enthusiasm for this book has more to do with the style of the letters, rather than the quality of writing. His Right Honorable David Johnston has been writing letters everyday for most of his life. His written work is well done, but the lack of reciprocal communication made it difficult to become invested. The chosen letters were all either hypothetical, or written without design for response. One thing I can say I learned from this collection, is that the author really loves Samuel de Champlain.