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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
This was ok, there were some funny moments, but also a lot of unfunny ones. For someone that claims to love the UK, I'm not sure it comes across. Bits of it are too rambling and it just generally feels like it could do with another edit
great dry humor and commentary! I had a Bill Bryson "addiction" and tore through 3 or 4 books a while ago, glad to get back to it!
Blah. I kinda wished I hadn’t wasted my time. An American lived in the UK for 20 years and then spends time revisiting places he hasn’t seen since he arrived in the 70s only to find everything is horrible. He has a hard time finding anything worth seeing and then proceeds to get mad at some English people for complaining about America. I just got tired of the negative whiny attitude.
“𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓯𝓮𝓵𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝓰𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮—𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽, 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮, 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸.”
If you have a bad day or just need a good laugh don't hesitate to pick up 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 or literally any book by Bill Bryson. He is literally the best, his humor never fails to make me laugh out loud and smile.
I remember the first time I randomly seen 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 back in 2023 at a bookstore. I had no idea who Bill Bryson was but I was immediately drawn to the cover and the fun synopsis of the travel story. And here I am now two years later still obsessed with this wholesome author's every work and I haven't read anything by him that wasn't a 5 star read from me.
Highly recommend checking this brilliant journey out! 😍
If you have a bad day or just need a good laugh don't hesitate to pick up 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 or literally any book by Bill Bryson. He is literally the best, his humor never fails to make me laugh out loud and smile.
I remember the first time I randomly seen 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 back in 2023 at a bookstore. I had no idea who Bill Bryson was but I was immediately drawn to the cover and the fun synopsis of the travel story. And here I am now two years later still obsessed with this wholesome author's every work and I haven't read anything by him that wasn't a 5 star read from me.
Highly recommend checking this brilliant journey out! 😍
This book felt shallow (and kind of mean?) in comparison to Bryson's later works (in particular, [b:In a Sunburned Country|24|In a Sunburned Country|Bill Bryson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255682275s/24.jpg|2611786], which I just loved). I wish he would have taken the time to focus on a few places and give us a sense of their history (or his history with them), rather than taking us all over the place and showing us mostly what I would call irrelevant details. Overall the book was pleasant, but disappointing.
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
I've read Bill Bryson before and enjoyed him, but this time, it just fell flat. It felt like a lose collection of anecdotes, which are never really developed and seem to only be introduced for the opportunity they provide to make some sort of pithy comment- at least some of which felt rather tired with the passage of time. That's the style I guess, and maybe I'll come back to him another time but it was irritating rather than funny for me right now.
This is my second Bryson book and I just can’t quite get behind his brand of humor and observation. I liked this MUCH better than ‘In a Sunburned Country’ but I still just can’t get myself totally on board with the enjoyment he finds in being displeased with literally everything. He spends this entire book waxing on and on about how ridiculous Britain is, hating every place he goes, and then decides in the last few pages that he TRULY adores it! Plus, I really felt that his sections on places I’ve actually been were totally devoid of any real attempt to see more than about three blocks of the place. He managed to find the shopping center in Aberdeen but found the city “devoid of any green space” despite Union Terrace Gardens being like two streets away in the MIDDLE of the city center? He couldn’t find Seaton Park? Couldn’t find the damn beach!?!? Come on, Bill. I think this will be my last Bryson, unfortunately.