Review: Cowboys and Catalans: A Texan Rambles Through Europe
Cowboys and Catalans: A Texan Rambles Through Europe by Charles L. Sizemore
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This memoir of a fellow Texan’s travel through Europe during his year studying in London will probably only appeal to those of us who have studied abroad and/or traveled though Europe as a student. Sizemore’s writing style isn’t anything to write home about – it’s very factual. He did that, ate this, met up with those friends. I give it 2 stars because I totally related to some of his travel experiences, especially through Spain, and I did enjoy learning a little more about the history of areas I had not visited but in the end, his story was rather bland and he made no effort to connect with the reader. He simply & quite literally wrote down exactly what happened to him. He did share a few opinions and when he did, it really lifted his writing. Maybe a little better editing woudl have raised this another star.
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