A review by modox
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor

3.0

Simultaneously charming and utterly irritating. It describes a journey that you feel just couldn't happen in modern day Europe. Though as pronounced as the time gap is, the class gap creates even more distance, certainly for me. There are odd hints at a self awareness of this, but most of the book suggests otherwise. Parts of it are fascinating, but he has a tendency to go on huge tangents that aren't necessarily to do with his actual experiences.

Last note, I listened to the audiobook and the narration is absolutely spot on, exactly the voice that you would expect.