Stephanie Jane reviewed A journey round my room by Xavier de Maistre
Disappointing
2 stars
I learned about A Journey Round My Room by reading Traveling In Place by Bernd Stiegler. I read that book a couple of years ago, not getting around to downloading its predecessor until recently. Unfortunately I was quite disappointed!
De Maistre's book is a series of short self-indulgent essays tediously strung together by the Journey concept. Some are humorous and I can imagine that, for people who actually knew de Maistre, his chattering might have been amusing, but overall I found this book dull and I couldn't see why it has endured so long. I am not sure I will go on to read the sequel.