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Im Durchschnitt: 3.5 von 5 möglichen Punkten (insgesamt 71 Bewertungen) Kommentare von Lesern: (Wiedergabe von Amazon nach dem Web Services Licensing Agreement) Witzig und interessant (5 von 5 Punkten) schreibt P.M. Mit unverwechselbarem Humor, interessanten Details über die bereisten Gegenden und autobiografisch. So schreibt Bill Bryson. Und es ist jedes Mal ein Genuss. Not quite what I had expected - so bad.... (1 von 5 Punkten) schreibt a. aus Cologne, Germany I read "A walk in the woods" before and really enjoyed Bryson's book on travels along a hike in the USA. I liked his humor and his insights so I was quite looking forward to this one, about his travels in Europe, in which he tries to recapture his experiences as a young man and compare them to way he sees Europe now. There are too many stereotypes and clichés in this bool to make it really enjoyable. Travelling should broaden the horizion but this trip clearly doesn't. Bryson goes for the cheap shots and below the belt this one, and at times I felt the book was quite annoying. What on earth compelled him to write sentences like the one where he expected ruddy-faced German to sing the Horst-Wessel-Song in a German bar? This is just one the few examples where he obviously goes overboard in order to get cheap laugh-or the manic busdriver in former Yugoslavia, and so on and so on. I think Bryson is an excellent writer when he puts his mind to it, but maybe he was under pressure to fulfil some obligations to the book-publishing company to bring in a book before a deadline. That is the best excuse I can make up for him. Try "A walk in the woods", it is so much better. This book did not age well (1 von 5 Punkten) schreibt E.H. aus Germany, Europe Unfortunately the book is such a collection of old stereotypes, which makes me wonder whether Bill actually visited the countries he describes. I do believe that it is time that Mr. Bryson revisited his subject "Neither Here Nor There:: Travels in Europe". Many things have changed in Europe. This is being shown by the increasingly bad ratings his book is receiving now. Dumb, dumber - the dumbest! (1 von 5 Punkten) schreibt E.K. aus Paderborn This book helps to justify the European prejudice of the dumb and uninformed average American! BB travels through Europe but only to see proof of his many prejudices, mainly of the Germans. As a German reader, I must admit, I could not laugh! And I do not understand why some German publisher would even make the effort of translating and publishing the book for the German market. Here are some examples of BB's cliches: Aachen: "In the evening I went looking for a restaurant. This is often a problem in Germany. For one thing, there's a good chance that there will be three guys in lederhosen playing polka music, so you have to look carefully through the windows and question the proprietor closely to make sure that Willi and the Bavarian Boys won't suddenly bound onto a little stage at half-past eight, because there is nothting worse than being just about to tuck into your dinner, a good book propped in front of you, and finding yourself surrounded by ruddy-faced Germans waving beer steins and singing the 'Horst-Wessel-Lied' for all they're worth." This is so bad! It is just ridiculous to write about it! Everything from Willi and the Bavarian Boys to the polka and the Horst-Wessel-Lied. BB has watched too many American and English movies full of German Nazis and mixed up fact and fiction. One sentence later: "I went up to six or eight places and studied the menus by the door but they were all full of foods with ominous Germanic names - Schweinensnout mit Spittle und Grit, Ramsintestines und Oder Grosser Stuff, that sort of thing." Excuse me, Mr. Bryson, but what is that supposed to mean? It certainly isn't German! I don't know if it sounds Germanic, but it does not appear on a German menu. Cologne central station: "It would never occur to her to conclude that I was a foreign visitor who didn't know the drill and say to me in a pleasant voice, 'Coffee, mein Liebschen?' or even just signal to me that I should step to the counter. No, I was breaking a rule and for this I had to be ignored. This is the worst characteristic of the Germans. Well, actually a prediction for starting land wars in Europe is their worst characteristic, but this is up there with it." He goes on then to describe the German print media by giving a very detailed description of the magazine 'Neue Review' (his spelling). It says something of the author that he doesn't bother with Spiegel, Stern, Focus or the like but gives a fascinated summary of a cheap sex magazine. I really think that it is so bad that I do not need to comment on this. This is the first time that I read an American/English book and actually felt insulted by it. And I must stress that I do read many American/English books and that I do not think of myself as a patriot. But dumb cliches like these can really drive you in the arms of patriotism! Superficial... (2 von 5 Punkten) schreibt . ... would be the perfect word to describe Neither Here Nor There. After having read A Short History of Nearly Everything, I had high expectations and was very disappointed. I think everybody has their right to share their own opinion about anything, but does a more or less famous author have to be so shortsighted and full of clichees just for the sake of a cheap joke? (though I must admit, sometimes I could not keep from laughing either...) Or does he really believe in all the clichees he writes about? Some of the many things I couldn't quite follow: How could you cry about a $2 entrance fee for a museum and pay some $100 for a hotel room without any further comment? How can one be proud of not knowing anything at all about a country's language or culture (except that one has - seemingly single-handedly - saved it in WWII)? As far as he describes how badly he had been treated as a tourist - In my opinion, he had been treated just as he had deserved to be treated. I have been to many countries mentioned in the book and almost always had a better time. Summary: If you want a cheap laugh - and not much else - recommendable. If not, not.  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