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Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig
2 reviews
asourceoffiction's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.5
A wonderful combination of the history of the number 12 bus route in London, Toksvig's own history, and the delightful microcosm of this particular bus ride, filled with strange tableaux in which she chooses to immerse herself.
Despite some apparently tenuous segues, Sandi's stories never feel shoehorned in thanks to her irreverent and offhand writing style. She has an anecdote from her bus journey that leads us delightfully into a story about her life, which in turn links up with some obscure history of the next stop on the bus route. It's just masterfully done and as a result is never boring.
The overriding theme of this journey is how few women you can find memorialised in London's streets, and Toksvig is the ideal person to discuss feminism and the place of women in London's (and her own) history. It's fascinating, sweet and funny; I already wish I had the audiobook to hear Toksvig narrating it herself.
Despite some apparently tenuous segues, Sandi's stories never feel shoehorned in thanks to her irreverent and offhand writing style. She has an anecdote from her bus journey that leads us delightfully into a story about her life, which in turn links up with some obscure history of the next stop on the bus route. It's just masterfully done and as a result is never boring.
The overriding theme of this journey is how few women you can find memorialised in London's streets, and Toksvig is the ideal person to discuss feminism and the place of women in London's (and her own) history. It's fascinating, sweet and funny; I already wish I had the audiobook to hear Toksvig narrating it herself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Homophobia, and Misogyny
bexh's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Misogyny
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