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. Central asia and Somaliland sound like really interesting places and the story about Fatima at the end was heartbreaking, I really hope she’s doing okay now.

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3.0

Interesting yet boring in some parts.

I thank Simon for his biography and for writing such an interesting book. I found myself in many parts of it and got really motivated to start my own novel thanks to the way he described how he became a journaliste. I also loved how he described the places where he lived. There were parts of the book in which I felt bored and which led me to stop reading the book in its last parts, but I am sure that other people might not find them boring.

In all, I really recommend the book.

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adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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3.0

Simon Reeve is clearly a remarkable individual to have progressed from such inauspicious younger life through to the accomplished and confident adult he is now.Given the success his brother has enjoyed they are clearly, under it all, a very capable family.
I really enjoyed the story of his emergence from youthful wildness to perceptive adult. His time with The Sunday Times was a tribute both to his own initiative but also the affirming and encouraging attitudes of the established staff at the time.
When he was travelling I really appreciated his objective to show both the beauty and the ugliness. He managed to lift the spirits with some of his encounters but also to make me realise how difficult are some peoples lives.

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