A review by heathjane
Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox

2.0

Parts of this book were very funny, but parts of it were just daft. Some of it was really interesting, and some of it was utter nonsense. Fox has a tendency to overuse certain words (sartorial in the chapter about clothes) and to repeat herself again and again - I thought the summaries at the end of each chapter could have been much shorter. She also uses sexist language a lot, and male English behaviours got more than their fair share of discussion, which is surprising from a female writer. A good book to browse, or to dip in and out of but not one to read from beginning to end. Finally, I would say it hasn't aged well and many of her descriptions of the English felt dated (I've never said "come off it!" in my life).