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A review by snishar
Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome
3.0
The book fails to achieve what 'Three Men in a Boat' did, by a far stretch. Despite this, there are pockets of humour within the book funny enough to make you laugh out loud for a good minute or two.
The author has, thankfully, done away with endless descriptions of the scenery and cities, replacing it with a much richer description of what the places communicate as a whole to a first-time travellor.
Humour through dialogue is stronger than humour through narration in this book which is a shame, since there isn't enough dialogue. Entire paragraphs of dialogue flow too quickly, too well.
This book makes of Germans a harmless, lovable people with a zealous, even if blind, obedience to authority. It is an interesting observation of a people that would in some decades be noted for the failings of that quality, come Hitler.
This book feels more like a travelogue than the first one did. There are a few pages (a few too many) that discuss the oddities of Germany without any humour in them. His denunciation of the ghastly culture of collecting scars in college duels (the 'Mensur') is one example that stands out.
All in all, this is a book you can pass out on. However, I wouldn't recommend against reading it since it has some really funny parts.
The author has, thankfully, done away with endless descriptions of the scenery and cities, replacing it with a much richer description of what the places communicate as a whole to a first-time travellor.
Humour through dialogue is stronger than humour through narration in this book which is a shame, since there isn't enough dialogue. Entire paragraphs of dialogue flow too quickly, too well.
This book makes of Germans a harmless, lovable people with a zealous, even if blind, obedience to authority. It is an interesting observation of a people that would in some decades be noted for the failings of that quality, come Hitler.
This book feels more like a travelogue than the first one did. There are a few pages (a few too many) that discuss the oddities of Germany without any humour in them. His denunciation of the ghastly culture of collecting scars in college duels (the 'Mensur') is one example that stands out.
All in all, this is a book you can pass out on. However, I wouldn't recommend against reading it since it has some really funny parts.