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rmardel 's review for:
Coming Into the Country
by John McPhee
I have read this book before, but that neither lessens or increases my enjoyment of the book particularly. Although technically I would call McPhee a journalist, his writing at its best is better than that of most novelists writing today and his turn of phrase and powers of description can have a poetic quality. That said, although I loved reading this book, it is not my favorite book by this author and hence, not in my mind at least, his best, hence the rating of only four stars.
I have never warmed up to the middle section of the book, "In Urban Alaska" and tended to read this portion much more quickly, almost skimming at times, whereas the first and last sections were more worth savoring. I am not sure that the writing is less compelling, or if it is just my own biases, but I find his descriptions of the Alaskan wilderness and the iconoclastic people who live there far more compelling.
It is a book I will read again.
I have never warmed up to the middle section of the book, "In Urban Alaska" and tended to read this portion much more quickly, almost skimming at times, whereas the first and last sections were more worth savoring. I am not sure that the writing is less compelling, or if it is just my own biases, but I find his descriptions of the Alaskan wilderness and the iconoclastic people who live there far more compelling.
It is a book I will read again.