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Notes from a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
This is my second Bryson book and I just can’t quite get behind his brand of humor and observation. I liked this MUCH better than ‘In a Sunburned Country’ but I still just can’t get myself totally on board with the enjoyment he finds in being displeased with literally everything. He spends this entire book waxing on and on about how ridiculous Britain is, hating every place he goes, and then decides in the last few pages that he TRULY adores it! Plus, I really felt that his sections on places I’ve actually been were totally devoid of any real attempt to see more than about three blocks of the place. He managed to find the shopping center in Aberdeen but found the city “devoid of any green space” despite Union Terrace Gardens being like two streets away in the MIDDLE of the city center? He couldn’t find Seaton Park? Couldn’t find the damn beach!?!? Come on, Bill. I think this will be my last Bryson, unfortunately.