Rob reviewed All the Wide Border by Mike Parker
Interesting and Engaging
3 stars
I didn't know anything about the author or the book really before reading, only that it was in the "travel" category, so in my head I was thinking Landlines, but on the Wales-England border. However, the book is more of a social and history of the areas on the border with a slight travel-ish formatting to help it flow together. That isn't a bad thing, I found the book interesting and engaging, with maybe a few too many metaphors for the border being an "ethereal" place.
It's split into three sections one for each of the rivers that straddle the border, the Dee, Wye, and Severn. Knowing Chester and Flintshire, the section of the Dee was especially nice. I think a good target audience for the book is someone like the author, from England, who now lives in or loves Wales. Not to say anyone else won't enjoy it, …
I didn't know anything about the author or the book really before reading, only that it was in the "travel" category, so in my head I was thinking Landlines, but on the Wales-England border. However, the book is more of a social and history of the areas on the border with a slight travel-ish formatting to help it flow together. That isn't a bad thing, I found the book interesting and engaging, with maybe a few too many metaphors for the border being an "ethereal" place.
It's split into three sections one for each of the rivers that straddle the border, the Dee, Wye, and Severn. Knowing Chester and Flintshire, the section of the Dee was especially nice. I think a good target audience for the book is someone like the author, from England, who now lives in or loves Wales. Not to say anyone else won't enjoy it, but I think if that's you, you'll especially like it.