A review by justiceofkalr
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson

3.0

Eh, nowhere near as good as [b:A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|9791|A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|Bill Bryson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388189974s/9791.jpg|613469] or [b:In a Sunburned Country|24|In a Sunburned Country|Bill Bryson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388176242s/24.jpg|2611786]. It had its moments, but there were also a lot of moments where Bryson just seemed like a colossal asshole. I was almost ready to give up at one point because it seemed like all he did was talk about how grossly fat everyone was. And not even in a "hey, America has an obesity problem" kind of way, but in a grade school playground "look at that lard bucket" kind of way. I also was a little frustrated at times with how easily he gave up on or passed over certain things because they involved too much effort (waiting in line, driving a little further, paying an admission fee, etc.). Three stars in the end because I did enjoy a lot of his descriptions of places and everywhere he went.