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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
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I liked this book: it was entertaining and full of lovely stories, ideas. It made me crave to be on the road in France and travelling with the writer.
A lovely reading experience.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
A lovely reading experience.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Perfect book for people who love France and Food! Her descriptions do make your mouth water and you can almost taste the food she is describing. However I did find the book rather repetitive and struggled to finish it. I felt like all the little towns and villages were mingling into one. I think I would have enjoyed it more if we had more descriptions of the people she met along the way too. I think this may have been better as an short travel article not a 300+ page entire book in my opinion.
One thing anyone who knows me knows about me - I LOVE to eat. And I eat a lot. All the time. It’s actually a bit concerning. As a child my grandmother decided very early on that I had “hollow legs”, and whilst middle aged spread is definitely waving to me frantically on the horizon - I turn 30 sooner than I’d care to admit - this doesn’t slow down the rate of my food consumption.
So when a friend lent me a book which was “all about food, and more specifically a woman eating croissants”, I was sold. Felicity Cloake, 30-something Guardian food writer, decides to cycle through France and sample all of its culinary delights, documenting it in a lighthearted, charming account which is interspersed with novel asides including mini history lessons, recipes and rating systems.
For the first 50 pages, I had a wonderful time. Her gourmande, slightly self deprecating attitude and love of a dessert or six meant that I felt I could relate to her on many layers. But unfortunately, about a quarter of the way into her journey I found my eyes skimming pages and I began checking myself, thinking that I’d read a chapter twice accidentally. Rather, everything just gets a little samey - eat, camp, cycle, repeat.
If you have a love of France, french cuisine or are looking for some very light hearted escapism, look no further. I just wish it were a little punchier.
So when a friend lent me a book which was “all about food, and more specifically a woman eating croissants”, I was sold. Felicity Cloake, 30-something Guardian food writer, decides to cycle through France and sample all of its culinary delights, documenting it in a lighthearted, charming account which is interspersed with novel asides including mini history lessons, recipes and rating systems.
For the first 50 pages, I had a wonderful time. Her gourmande, slightly self deprecating attitude and love of a dessert or six meant that I felt I could relate to her on many layers. But unfortunately, about a quarter of the way into her journey I found my eyes skimming pages and I began checking myself, thinking that I’d read a chapter twice accidentally. Rather, everything just gets a little samey - eat, camp, cycle, repeat.
If you have a love of France, french cuisine or are looking for some very light hearted escapism, look no further. I just wish it were a little punchier.
Bridget Jones is she went biking in France? I liked the Brittany section best, but perhaps that’s because I hadn’t yet tired of the continuing air of incompetence, the chronic misfortune, the endless bad food. Hmmm, it’s hard to be totally grumpy about a book about biking and eating in France. But the whole experience just seemed so miserable with so many disappointments, it became painful to read about. And the tone of I don’t know what I’m doing and I’m a slob isn’t the writings of a women doing something cool that I was looking for when I picked this up.
adventurous
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relaxing
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funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Warm, charming and funny - I feel like we're fast friends by the end.
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