Daily Commute: learning about Germans.

Book Review: A Year in the Scheisse getting to know the Germans. (Roger Boyes)

My bf bought this book when we were travelling in Europe last year (although I believe he actually bought it in Italy rather than Germany for some bizarre reason). Asked his opinion on it “okay”. So never bothered to read it then I had legal reading and Oscar Wilde to get on with at the time. Digging around our book shelves (which are now 3 books deep thanks to my LPC material and cookery books) I came across the book and though I may as well give it a go.

Branded as a travel book, this book is anything but. It is apparently a best seller in Germany – maybe they ALL just wanted to see what an British Journalist living in Germany was writing about because it is not that good (maybe it is better in German?). That said it is a easy read, and I finished it before the daily train journey was over (and I was on a fast train today), so if you are looking for something to pass the time, it probably is good. It is funny (probably more so if you are a guy actually) and details the mishaps of a guy trying to find a girl to marry so he can cut his taxes, but it is neither laugh out loud funny, or I must share this funny, which is kind of disappointing. They could have achieved a lot more with this book and for those reasons I couldn’t really say I would recommend it.