A. J. Mackinnon

This was good, it sounded like fun and there were multiple Swallows and Amazons references. i dont usually like nonfiction of any form and have trouble actually reading it, even when i want to, but i really enjoyed this. i think it technically is nonfiction since its travel writing or a memoir or whatever but it still reads like a novel (it still is a novel i think). i found it actually pretty interesting, with him sailing a mirror dinghy (thats what i sail sometimes), and all the places he went and the stuff that happened to him were interesting. i like the writing style, and thought it was quite funny and relatable or something like that.… (mehr)

This was good, it sounded like fun and there were multiple Swallows and Amazons references. i dont usually like nonfiction of any form and have trouble actually reading it, even when i want to, but i really enjoyed this. i think it technically is nonfiction since its travel writing or a memoir or whatever but it still reads like a novel (it still is a novel i think). i found it actually pretty interesting, with him sailing a mirror dinghy (thats what i sail sometimes), and all the places he went and the stuff that happened to him were interesting. i like the writing style, and thought it was quite funny and relatable or something like that.… (mehr)

An utterly delightful read. The delight comes from the snatches of poetry sprinkled at appropriate times into the landscape descriptions, from the little pencil drawings and maps scattered throughout, and from the author's whimsical descriptions of his own foibles and eccentricities (starting from the top, with his sola topi). Inspires one to hit the road, or rather the canals, and spend a year sailing and rowing the length of Europe, getting plenty of sun and exercise and subsisting entirely on salami and tomato sandwiches and the kindness of strangers.… (mehr)