tells us how he visited the the British Museum and started reading about various diseases and realized that he had them all! While WebMD may have given us a more modern access to hypochondria, it is most certainly not an issue limited to our place in time! The adventures and thoughts of these three were completely relatable, right from the first page where J.
One of the things that I loved about this story was how while the setting was obviously dated, the story didn’t seem to be at all. I tried to mark pages to quote for this review, but realized that what I really wanted to do was quote the entire book, which means that you just simply need to sit down and read it for yourself as soon as you possibly can. I could not stop laughing while I was reading this book, and probably read over half of it out loud to my ever-patient husband, because so much of this story was just too much fun to keep to myself. While the book loosely follows their journey, much the book is meandering anecdotes, a style that feels like it ought to be annoying but is honestly just pure delight. But the joy of this story is in the narration itself, as J. Feeling weary of their everyday life, they decide to take a holiday by boating up the Thames.
Published in 1889, the story follows our narrator, J., as he and two of his friends, Harris and George. Jerome has created a masterpiece of humor, a sort of travelogue with random reminiscences thrown in, and a little spice of thoughtfulness as well. After reading the first chapter, I couldn’t believe that I had somehow gone my entire life without this book. This book was first brought to my attention by FictionFan, who has mentioned in a few posts, and reviewed it here. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews// Pargeter, Edith (also writing as Ellis Peters).Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).
Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.#BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo (Litsy Challenge).
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