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flholst's review
4.0
Delightful! I just want to get a boat and set off along those canals now. A good read and a good story told well.
emays7's review
2.0
Very light reading. Overall quite boring (although predominantly pleasantly so). Haywood can spend two pages describing something as mundane as brushing his cat or telling his readers that he can keep a fire going which slows the pace of the book. But maybe that’s fitting with the subject of narrowboating which isn’t the speediest mode of transport by any stretch of the imagination.
One thing to note - this is a narrowboating story from a very middle class perspective. I found Haywood’s judgemental comments about people of different social standing/background grating on me as the book went on. A few disparaging comments judging places by their quantities of charity shops struck a bit close to home.
Haywood uses some nice words which redeemed the book a little for me. It also gave some helpful insights into life on a narrowboat (which is what I was after and what I’d have liked more of) and inspired me to learn more about the history and culture of my surroundings in general.
One thing to note - this is a narrowboating story from a very middle class perspective. I found Haywood’s judgemental comments about people of different social standing/background grating on me as the book went on. A few disparaging comments judging places by their quantities of charity shops struck a bit close to home.
Haywood uses some nice words which redeemed the book a little for me. It also gave some helpful insights into life on a narrowboat (which is what I was after and what I’d have liked more of) and inspired me to learn more about the history and culture of my surroundings in general.
shadar60's review
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
I can tell if a book is going to keep me hooked in first chapter, this is a nice relaxing read.
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