Reviews
This is a friend's favorite book, and she has been trying to get me to read it for a while. I finally found it on a discount shelf in a used bookstore and gave it a try. Not for me. The somewhat jarring transitions between madcap comedy and overly wrought serious descriptions of the sights on the river made for an uneven book. And the humor became so tiring that by the time I got to the much-lauded trout incident in chapter 17, I just didn't find it funny anymore.
I've been trying to read this book for three days and only got as far as page 51, I just couldn't get into it! I know this is supposed to be a much-loved classic (and a funny one too...) but there are far many digressions that make it long, long, long. I think I will put it aside for some time and will pick it up again to give it another try.