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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
LOVED. LOVED LOVED LOVED. Bryson writes in a super witty style, and incorporates the best of British and American humor. Must read if you love a laugh.
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I enjoyed it and I died laughing more than a few times, but it's not Bryson's finest work. As some readers mentioned, this book is rather repetitive and also I felt that it was pretty dated. There's a few remarks on marriage and the differences between men and women that are tinged with misogyny. And there's also that unfortunate incident where he lambasts a McDonald's employee for simply doing his job. I like Bill Bryson a whole lot, and I trust from his other work that he is a kind and compassionate human being. So I imagine he probably played up that exchange a lot, and perhaps entirely fabricated his indignant response, for comedic effect. But it just wasn't very funny. Abusing people in low paying service jobs isn't entertaining.
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Popsugar 34/50: a book where the author’s first and last name starts with the same letter. This was a fun read.
I read this book many years ago--possibly when it was first released. I reread it because I just finished The Road to Little Dribbling and was less than impressed. This one is quite an improvement, though not as good as I remembered it being. One of my main problems with Little Dribbling was that it was so crabby--and not funny. Small Island it turns out, is also somewhat crabby--not a feature of some of his other great books--but at least this one is funny. I was already laughing on the first page. I did not find it to be nearly as funny as, say, In a Sunburned Country, but it gave me quite a few chuckles, and it reminded me of many things I love about the UK.
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