A review by vpjto
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin

3.0

Parts of this I loved, parts of this I wasn't crazy about. When Elkin writes about cities and traveling within them I felt engaged, loved her descriptions, could place myself there. However, I found the book to be just as much about writing and female writers, as it was about walking in cities. This might work for some people, but wasn't why I'd been keen to read it. I enjoyed Elkin's personal reflections, as I'm a sucker for memoir, and she is undoubtedly a wonderful writer. In the end, this book didn't deliver what I hoped it would for me, but I'm pleased I read it.