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Had this on the shelf as well so figured I would continue our time in Northern Africa.
— Nov 07, 2021 01:11PM
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Not sure yet if I’m going to finish this. The author is a 30 something year old man stuck in the glory days of high school. The story of their trip down the Niger is interesting enough but he has to throw in these random pointless stories that shout insecure high schooler screaming for validation about how cool he & his best friend are. And I won’t even go into his objectification/sexualization of women.
— Nov 14, 2021 08:08AM
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Nov 09, 2021 08:28AM
😍 I was just thinking about this book! Because the kids were asking about hippos...
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TK- you’ve read this then, what did you think of it? I was just about to give up on it as the author comes across as an insecure high schooler half the time, “look how cool my best friend and I are.” If he would just stick to the journey at hand it’s not bad but then he has to flash back to their glory days and tell you some random crap story or make a point of objectifying every woman he comes across. I haven’t gotten to any hippos yet but guessing if I stick with it I will.
Yeah. Before peace corps. It is naively "adventure". It has been a long time since I read it, but i'm pretty sure it gets better. 😄 I enjoyed the hippo parts and learning about schisto/river blindness.
