[Victoria]

I enjoyed it. Like Charlie, I read it over time, so the repetition wasn’t grating.

It wasn’t a riveting read, but I enjoyed the pleasant stroll through earlier times. Part of the appeal is definitely the nostalgic scenes and memories of small town life. But, I can appreciate why someone may just find that idealized, boring and irrelevant.

However, setting aside the ‘quaintness’, I enjoyed Leacock’s low-key, wry sense of humour. Some of it felt dated and a bit overdone. But for the most part, I found it still chuckle worthy, and I thought his observations of human nature held true for today as well.