A review by sabienne
An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington

3.0

The thing about Karl Pilkington is that I never really know what to think. In the podcasts he comes across as, well, an idiot half the time, but I imagine part of that is because Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant make him seem that way. When reading this book however, it's clear that he's not exactly an idiot. (Well, maybe he is in a way, but that's not my point.) Unless of course it's heavily edited, but it doesn't sound that way. It's pretty nicely written and kind of cleverly done, here and there. He's just got the weirdest views I've ever heard, and some of them are quite dumb. Mostly just weird, though, I have to say. Sometimes I can get into them, sometimes I can't.

Nonetheless, this was a pleasant read. It's no high-end literature, but it's fun to read. I was a little dissapointed by the amount of times it made me laugh which was.. maybe once? But hey, what can you do.