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A review by sevenworlds
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
3.0
I've read and loved many, many Bill Bryson books but this simply falls short. There are some characteristically pithy moments, but a number of his comments are so biting that they left me with a sense of aversion through most of my reading. Some of the jokes truly did not age well and are pretty offensive.
I think my problems with the book stem from the too-brief nature of each city summaries. It's 'I arrived here by train, I liked these two things, I hated these ten things, I left' repeated ad nauseam. He doesn't capture the heart of each place, and I began to wonder why he was traveling at all. It's a slim, short volume that is mildly entertaining, but certainly not one of his best.
I think my problems with the book stem from the too-brief nature of each city summaries. It's 'I arrived here by train, I liked these two things, I hated these ten things, I left' repeated ad nauseam. He doesn't capture the heart of each place, and I began to wonder why he was traveling at all. It's a slim, short volume that is mildly entertaining, but certainly not one of his best.