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A review by misterjay
My 'Dam Life: Three Years in Holland by Sean Condon
4.0
My 'Dam Life is Condon's account of living in Amsterdam for three years with his wife and a revolving cast of friends and co-workers. Like many travel books, there is little in the way of plot, the book is instead a linear progression of events throughout which the author tries to show us just why he likes living in one of the most expensive cities in Europe.
The book is fun, although not at the level of his previous ones, and has a few moments of honest introspection and epiphany. However, the pace is a bit slow and the whole of the book seems rather pointless, as if even the author wasn't sure why he was writing it. There are several meta points in the book where Condon tells the reader about the book he is going to write about living in Amsterdam which are cute at first, but grow old quickly.
Still Condon's humor comes through with an easy clarity that makes, for the most part, reading the book fun; it's more like chatting with a recently returned friend than reading in many parts and that is well worth paying for.
The book is fun, although not at the level of his previous ones, and has a few moments of honest introspection and epiphany. However, the pace is a bit slow and the whole of the book seems rather pointless, as if even the author wasn't sure why he was writing it. There are several meta points in the book where Condon tells the reader about the book he is going to write about living in Amsterdam which are cute at first, but grow old quickly.
Still Condon's humor comes through with an easy clarity that makes, for the most part, reading the book fun; it's more like chatting with a recently returned friend than reading in many parts and that is well worth paying for.