Member Reviews

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Usual BB fare-good and funny.”

  Tony F wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Bill Bryson is awesome. Hes awesome not just because he has written wonderfully or pulled out interesting anecdotes; Hes awesome cus hes travelled to 38 US states on his chevette, covering more than 12,000 miles in the process, ate all kinds of sick food on the way, met some ghastly experiences (what with car stalled on steep mountain roads and rash drivers) and he tackles all of them with elan.
  Coupled with his in-your-face wit, the book is the cliched "un-put-down-able". ”

  Black Mamba wrote this review Wednesday, August 6 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Highly disappointed in this book. This is my second Book by Bryson and will be my last. Not worth the paper it is printed on.”

  SouthWestZippy wrote this review Monday, August 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “I'm new to Bill Bryson, but now I'm going to read some more of his stuff...very good for summer reading!”

  Shonda wrote this review Wednesday, June 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “Usually Bill Bryson makes me laugh so hard i can't allow myself to have anything to drink or it will come out my nose. But for some reason The Lost Continent just...
  
  well, it annoyed me. A lot. I recognized his yearning for simpler times, and the America of his youth (honestly, people, what the hell was so special about the 50s?) and I even understand looking at the US through eyes tempered by 20 years in the UK. But what I didn't understand is how he could go around this nation and
  
  oh, here, let me just give you a brief synopsis: Whine Whine moan, 50s, moan moan drivel, Europe, piss piss moan, 50s, groan whine complain.”

  David A wrote this review Wednesday, June 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 2 stars

  “If this had been my first Bill Bryson book, I would never have read another one. I didn't hate it as he did have one or two nice things to say about America, but I felt like writing him a letter and telling him that if he doesn't like it here, go back to England where he didn't come from...but since it wasn't my first Bryson book, I shook it off and read another one.”

  Donna K wrote this review Thursday, May 29 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “I have to admit this was not a favorite. I love Bill Bryson's sense of humor and writing style. Initially I was rolling with laughter. However, as I proceeded through the book I began to feel bogged down by his continual negativity (and I am a pessimist so that is saying something). Every place he goes he focuses only on the bad and those bad characteristics don't even really vary from town to town. What once was amusing quickly becomes redundant.”

  Stacy wrote this review Thursday, May 15 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “The funniest Bryson book that I've read. This book in itself inspired me to drive across the states in search of adventure, although I came to realize somewhere along the way that it isn't necessarily the adventure itself that made this book great, but rather the witty, conversational way in which it was told.”

  Mark N wrote this review Monday, April 21 2008. ( reply | permalink )