The thing that really struck me with this book was how annoying it would have been traveling in Europe back in the late 80s and early 90s (or even earlier). Okay, automatic teller machines were starting to appear, but it wasn’t like now where you basically had a common currency over much of the cont...
This was the one Bill Bryson travelogue I've been most looking forward to hearing since I've never yet not loved every place I've been in Europe. So of course it stands to reason it's the one I enjoyed the least. Let me start by saying that the narrator, William Roberts, does an excellent job. H...
Informative and hilarious as always. Bill Bryson has the ability to combine a good amount of complaining together with praising the beauty of things that surround him.When it comes to the audio versions, I absolutely LOVE William Roberts' narrating style. He was also the narrator of my version of [b...
I reread Neither Here Nor There last night, one of the books that I used to think of as one of the best examples of humorous travel writing. Bill Bryson is probably the world's most popular travel writer (he takes four of the top five slots of Goodreads' most popular travel books), and he is in fact...
For me, the nontravel books of Bryson's are exceptional, but I don't quite believe Bryson is temperamentally suited for writing good travel guides.He seems more like a researcher who enjoys long spells at home, one who gets easily lost and frustrated like me in foreign places, except that he has a b...
“Don’t f*** with me. I’m a guy who knows his maps”When Bill Bryson travels, we the readers start laughing. Whether its Australia, USA or for that matter any country in the world his antics as a traveler makes us laugh. It was no different this time. ‘Neither Here Nor There’, takes us with the author...
I've realized from reading this book how thin the line between hilariously funny and whiny is. And Bryson has crossed the line. Or maybe I drew the line thinner just because he did the unforgiveable act of not liking Cologne (which is still the loveliest city for me). So you've been warned, this rev...
Avevo mal giudicato Bill Bryson con "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto", che -probabilmente dovuto al momento- non mi aveva preso per niente.. Invece come autore mi piace un sacco! Mi ha fatto divertire, incuriosire, viaggiare con lui.. E per un libro che parla di un "on the road".. Che altro posso chie...
What I really appreciated about "Neither Here Nor There" is that unlike many of his other travelogues, I've actually been to many of the places Bill Bryson visits here. Of course I especially loved reading about his stay in Copenhagen (not the least because he liked it here :) ), but it was fun walk...
This was my third book by Bill Bryson in just over two weeks, and I think that, for the time being, it will be my last. Not that I didn't enjoy this book, I did, but I think it is possible to overdo it with any author and I fear that if I read another Bryson book anytime soon I won't find it funny a...
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