Michael Booth gives us a tour of the Scandinavian countries in his book The Almost Nearly Perfect People. The book is a combination tour guide, information primer, and wry outside observations. The various Scandinavian countries generally score at or near the top of any survey about quality of life and Booth is determined to find out if it’s really so great to live there and if possible why. He takes each country one by one and examines it, speaking with various experts, and focusing on areas of each country that aren’t so great. Although that description sounds a bit dire the actual book is light hearted, vaguely humorous, and interesting to read. So I would recommend it. I picked it up myself, because someone else’s review compared it to Bill Bryson (a favorite writer of mine) and while I wouldn’t make the same comparison I would give it to anyone who likes to read travel experience books or who wants to learn about a part of the world they probably know nothing about.
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Monday, August 17, 2015
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Michael Booth gives us a tour of the Scandinavian countries in his book The Almost Nearly Perfect People. The book is a combination tour guide, information primer, and wry outside observations. The various Scandinavian countries generally score at or near the top of any survey about quality of life and Booth is determined to find out if it’s really so great to live there and if possible why. He takes each country one by one and examines it, speaking with various experts, and focusing on areas of each country that aren’t so great. Although that description sounds a bit dire the actual book is light hearted, vaguely humorous, and interesting to read. So I would recommend it. I picked it up myself, because someone else’s review compared it to Bill Bryson (a favorite writer of mine) and while I wouldn’t make the same comparison I would give it to anyone who likes to read travel experience books or who wants to learn about a part of the world they probably know nothing about.
