This is a re-read.
I was first introduced to Bill Bryson when he published "A Short History of Nearly Everything" in 2003. I then read a bunch of his travel-novellas about his life and travels.
I know that I read this around the same time, and at the time I thought it was a great commentary on middle America and the life there.
Time sure changes things.
I got through the first two chapters, and I was just not interested in reading any more of what he wrote here. It feels like a nonstop put-down of everything in small town America.
The best description of this, I read in another review panning the book on Amazon. I'll quote it "Bill Bryson writes in this book like he is trying to impress his European Friends with how silly he thinks Americans are. "
That is this book on the nose.
Obviously, I've grown up a bit since I first read it... the book did not age well at all.
Next up--- "A Study Guide to Vaclav Havel's "The Memorandum."
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