Sylvestra reviewed You Are Here by David Nicholls
Walking England
4 stars
This was an interesting profile of the experience of mid-aged, single people and the experience of walking across the north of England.
I find it curious that the dance of dating is often portrayed as being such a hit and miss experience. No one saying what they feel. I see it as a book development technique, but am concerned that some readers see themselves through this, reading it as a normal way of developing relationships. It isn’t.
I enjoyed the descriptions of the walking and the walking mentality. The brain can do crazy things when people are alone with themselves. I liked the way this was profiled.
End of the book? No spoiler. Just know the museum of natural history in London needs funding. It has one of the dustiest, least attended to rocks, minerals, and fossils displays I’ve seen.
