Classic Bill Bryson
4 stars
A lot of Bill Bryson book reviews, at least by me, are kind of similar. Basically, you know what you're getting with Bill Bryson, his writing is very good, he will almost certainly make you laugh, and you probably learn a bit of trivia at the same time. I wouldn't say this book particularly stands out as one of his best, but it's at least average. So the advice is, as usual, if you've read more than 1 Bill Bryson book you will know what you're going to get, if you like them, read this, if you don't this isn't any different so give this a pass. And as always, if you haven't read any Bill Bryson books, this is a reasonable place to start, though probably not the best. For that, I would like at a list of Bryson books and see which topic takes your fancy the most, …
A lot of Bill Bryson book reviews, at least by me, are kind of similar. Basically, you know what you're getting with Bill Bryson, his writing is very good, he will almost certainly make you laugh, and you probably learn a bit of trivia at the same time. I wouldn't say this book particularly stands out as one of his best, but it's at least average. So the advice is, as usual, if you've read more than 1 Bill Bryson book you will know what you're going to get, if you like them, read this, if you don't this isn't any different so give this a pass. And as always, if you haven't read any Bill Bryson books, this is a reasonable place to start, though probably not the best. For that, I would like at a list of Bryson books and see which topic takes your fancy the most, he's an excellent travel writer, but also good with other factual books such as "A short history of nearly everything".