A review by laurarose27
The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British by Sarah Lyall

3.0

Incredibly funny and engaging, this was a quick and enjoyable read. My only complaint is that (especially in the earlier chapters) it seemed to have a negative slant. It's sort of confusing, because the author lives in England and her husband is English and you get the sense she has loads of affection for the English...but you do kind of get the sense that everyone is sexually and emotionally repressed, functional alcoholics, and kind of gay. Also that the House of Commons is a big frat party and that cricket is the more wildly boring sport ever invented. Things get a little more neutral as you go on, though, and it was really fun to read. I'd give it 3.5 stars if you could do half stars.