Reviews for Two in a Boat: The True Story of a Marital Rite of Passage

The average rating for Two in a Boat: The True Story of a Marital Rite of Passage based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-14 00:00:00 Dejko Nikolaj I must admit I was disappointed with this book. The premise was what first caught my attention: A married couple put their lives on hold to teach themselves to handle a sailboat and strike off to sail off into the unknown. Sounds good doesn't it? Gwyneth's depression became contagious. It seemed to me, the book was written as an apologetic attempt to make something from a failed attempt at their voyage. I felt that she held me hostage, like someone you just met at a party who traps you in a corner telling you about their problems.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-14 00:00:00 Mark Laredo The thought of a boating tale featuring a middle-aged couple sailing across the Bay of Biscay to Spain didn't immediately appeal and I almost cast it aside. However, the punchy, lively confessional writing style of Gwyneth Lewis, the National Poet of Wales, kept me reading and engaged with the various nautical diversions as well as with the trials and tribulations of the trip which turned out to be as stern a test of the couple's marriage as it was of their novice seafaring skills.