Too cutesy for my taste. Adorable little animals wandering around the forest and saying cute things about friendship. Cute, yes. Meaningful? Couldn't find much to rave about. Appropriate for children, but I think adult readers might search for philosophical musings a bit too much. Meaning can be found wherever you want to find it, but it doesn't mean that the author actually intended any of that. Hell, I don't know what Milne intended with his stories, but I find it hard to believe that he wanted to write a medical report about different personality disorders with hidden meanings for adult readers. Maybe he just wanted to write bedtime stories for his son?

Or maybe I just got stuck with the annoying nursery rhyme-y form, who knows.

Sloppy writing, some funny scenes, and moronic characters. Or maybe that's just me, I've spent my whole life in a small village so I've had my share of these people. The midsummer setting made me want to read the whole thing, but it just wasn't as magical as I thought. Perhaps I was just expecting something different, and got pissed when I didn't get it.

Photographs ranging from joyous to depressing, from fascinating to utterly boring. The transport section particularly wasn't that interesting for me personally, unlike the entertainment section (Ivor Novello, how handsome you were!). Due to the nature of the collection - being a mere cross section of the decade - there's quite a little material, because there are chapters for each area in life. If there was a separate book for each of these chapters, it would look more focused and instead of snippets there would be more room for background information. Still, a fascinating collection with some quite unusual photos, and a must-read for everyone interested in the 1920s.

Although I did enjoy the country descriptions and the hilarious occurrences it wasn't overall that interesting travellogue. If you're looking to know Guevara a little better I wouldn't hope major revelations either.