Title: Disappointing
Product review: Written in the style and maturity of an undergraduate term paper, and just as boring. The author opens each chapter with a short anecdote from his trip, usually about his girlfriend, and then proceeds to fill several pages with tired and repetitive historical information. At times I found myself wondering if the author actually had made the trip, as his anecdotes were so trite (read the section on a diving expedition). His traveling companion girlfriend comes across as the more interesting of the pair, but can't save this narrative from tedium.Try something by William Dalrymple instead
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
