I was intrigued and (somewhat) amused for the first third or so, until I realized that the structure of each chapter/city was going to be "arrive, whine, walk, whine, coffee, something to giggle at, walk, hotel, whine, depart." Felt like reading in circles, none of the material from Bryson makes one city seem different from another other than the name, and the humor fell flat after awhile, too flat to carry the book on its own. I learned nothing from reading this, which makes it a very disappointing travel-oriented read.
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I was intrigued and (somewhat) amused for the first third or so, until I realized that the structure of each chapter/city was going to be "arrive, whine, walk, whine, coffee, something to giggle at, walk, hotel, whine, depart." Felt like reading in circles, none of the material from Bryson makes one city seem different from another other than the name, and the humor fell flat after awhile, too flat to carry the book on its own. I learned nothing from reading this, which makes it a very disappointing travel-oriented read.
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