A Time of Gifts

Perhaps my expectations were too high, based on the 4/5 star reviews I read through before starting this book. It was good - really good in places, but was interspersed with sidelines that were frankly a bit dry. Written with the power of hindsight (ie travelled in 1933, written in 1977) it is obviously not the work of the 18 year old travelling, it is the work of the elder, more worldly and experienced man.
Having said that, if the second book was to become available to me I would have little hesitation in working through that too.
Probably 3.5 for me.