Reviews for English emigrants in Canada

The average rating for English emigrants in Canada based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-04 00:00:00 Wei Kong Disappointed... I used read reprints of Buchwald's weekly columns in my English language hometown paper growing up in Southern India. Read this book from nostalgia, and found it wanting. Don't know if this collection is not his best work, or my taste in satire has moved on.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-06-26 00:00:00 Mike Espin I read this book because the author is spoken of very highly by one of my favorite writers, Dave Barry. This book is a collection of newspaper columns written by Buchwald in the 1990s and shortly after 9/11. I found the post 9/11 work to be fairly engaging, especially the column written immediately after the attacks. Much of the 1990s work, however, is simply OK, in my opinion. I should note that while I did not have any disagreement or issue with the content of the work, the style was not one that I find captivating. To be exact, while there is humor in the book, it is a bit more gentle than I prefer. I think this is a "me problem", though, not a knock at Mr. Buchwald. Another style element that did not connect with me is his frequent use of setting up fictionalized conversations as a way of expressing his point. Again, none of those criticisms are directed at Mr. Buchwald, I just did not connect with his writing.