Clanlands

Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other

352 pages

English language

Published Sept. 28, 2020 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:
978-1-5293-4200-0
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3 stars (4 reviews)

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Review of 'Clanlands' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Part history, part travelogue, part behind the scenes for Outlander, part two guys with in jokes. Grahams writing was way better than Sam’s. I don’t think it was a very good book unfortunately. It felt like company hearing them banter along (reading, not audiobook). I’m glad they had a nice holiday.

Review of 'Clanlands' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This one sounded like it would be be a good read, like a nice/fun tour of Scotland.

I haven't seen the tv show(s?) this is book talks about. I have seen some of the Hobbit that one of the actors are in. Else I don't know the actors from Adam.

I was really hoping it would be about Scottish fantastic history, nature and whisky. But I should really learn shouldn't I, actors do like to talk about their parts in various things and the awards they got (or just the parties attached to that.)

So therefore not much about Scotland as I hoped and it ain't as funny as people said it would be. The jokes, well the "funny" parts that they tried to do on the audiobook, were just miss timed and landed flat. It was like they weren't the same room or on a call together while recording …

Review of 'Clanlands' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Excited to listen to a podcast about the Scottish clans, I ended up disappointed with a book/tv show/merch line about how great it is to be Sam & Graham. That's on me, though, for not managing my own expectations. To be fair there are several mentions of the clans scattered throughout the book, & Sam & Graham are charismatic fellows. (Still not going to purchase any of the lovingly described products repeatedly mentioned!) Light, occasionally funny, entirely inoffensive.

Edit: Actually that whole "Lady McTavish" thing got fairly offensive. Imagine a lad enjoying coffee, what a GIRL. eyeroll

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