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A review by kkrez
Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America by Terry Eagleton
2.0
I'm going to have to shelve this one. I know, it's sort of a disgrace considering I only read 63 pages of a 178-page book.
At first I thought it was really hilarious so I read quite a bit but then the book started to get dull to me. Eagleton lost his wit and went into some sort of professor road. And I know a lot of people may say something like: That's the natures of these types of books. But that's not true. This isn't my first book I've read about the culture between two countries. I'm a Francophile and I have read numerous books on French culture which I find fascinating.
And it's not like I'm uninterested in English culture. I was just living in London this past summer and I absolutely loved it. And so far everything I've noticed about the differences Eagleton has pointed out. So he is being through....he's even pointed out somethings that I didn't think about which I can agree with. I just find that I'm going to have to attack this book later on when I have time to dawdle around....like when I'm retired.
At first I thought it was really hilarious so I read quite a bit but then the book started to get dull to me. Eagleton lost his wit and went into some sort of professor road. And I know a lot of people may say something like: That's the natures of these types of books. But that's not true. This isn't my first book I've read about the culture between two countries. I'm a Francophile and I have read numerous books on French culture which I find fascinating.
And it's not like I'm uninterested in English culture. I was just living in London this past summer and I absolutely loved it. And so far everything I've noticed about the differences Eagleton has pointed out. So he is being through....he's even pointed out somethings that I didn't think about which I can agree with. I just find that I'm going to have to attack this book later on when I have time to dawdle around....like when I'm retired.