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A Year in the Merde
by Stephen Clarke
I wavered between giving this 2 or 3 stars and I might come back to change it. The only reason I went with 3 is that I realized how harsh I often am on travel memoirs which suggests that it's a genre I ought to give up entirely.
The first half of this book is hilarious. Loved it. If it had stopped at the end of December, I'd have no problem rating it 3 or 4. But the narrator is just such a whiney asshole that after a while it stops being funny and becomes grating.
However, I am heading off to Paris myself in a few months (also for a year...) so I decided to give this a whirl. In spite of the points that were a bit irritating, it was a decent, easy read. It was entertaining and somewhat informative, if nothing else.
The first half of this book is hilarious. Loved it. If it had stopped at the end of December, I'd have no problem rating it 3 or 4. But the narrator is just such a whiney asshole that after a while it stops being funny and becomes grating.
However, I am heading off to Paris myself in a few months (also for a year...) so I decided to give this a whirl. In spite of the points that were a bit irritating, it was a decent, easy read. It was entertaining and somewhat informative, if nothing else.