Reviews

nicolino · Reviewed in Italy on July 7, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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700 hours... it's a fast, refined book, but above all a 'friend' of a book, and also an 'energizing' book.
A friend because it makes you feel needed. As it speaks to you and tells its story, you sense the author is searching in you for the image you reflect back of him.
No one ever manages to know themselves directly, only by sorting, sifting and assembling the countless partial images that others — that is, we — reflect back to them. Even the greatest of us all tried to understand himself by asking his disciples: 'Who do others say that I am?'
The unusual motorcycle trip through India told in the book, pushed all the way into the desert lapping at the dizzying peaks of the Himalaya, stern guardians of the mythical sources of the Ganges — this journey, concrete, but also of mind and heart, has a contagious, energizing effect.
As the author continues his solitary journey, giving us beautiful glimpses of natural and human landscape, somehow, mysteriously, he infects us with his determination to keep going amid a thousand mishaps and difficulties, and awakens in us a desire to get moving and put back into play energies that lie neglected within us.
What more could we ask of a light, enjoyable read than to draw us into a life adventure?

— A psychoanalyst on holiday.

A book capable of conveying and giving back the sensations one feels when immersed in Indian culture, so distant yet so alluring... a gripping journey, both in its landscapes and in its more intimate, reflective aspects, yet able to touch even the most complex subjects with a light touch and without lapsing into mysticism... a pleasant, sparkling style of writing that makes you feel every jolt and obstacle experienced in the saddle of a Bullet 500 roaming around India.

— An engineer on holiday.

M&G · Reviewed in Italy on March 26, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Funny and at times hilarious, this travel diary perfectly captures the Indian atmosphere.
The feeling of imminent, certain destruction you get travelling the roads — as a driver or as a passenger on buses, tuk-tuks, taxis and motorbikes — is described so well that it turns us into stunned, miraculously spared, astonished survivors of countless possible catastrophes that could have wiped us out along with every living thing swirling around us.
The places are described with warm participation and a very good-natured self-irony, and, as happens to many travellers in India, the Author ends up appreciating even situations that are borderline unbearable — extreme heat mixed with filthy dust, endless demands from all kinds of people that never leave you alone, glimpses of miseries and suffering with no remedy, and then a constant, exhausting, everyday haggling over everything, even buying a small bottle of water that (like many mass-market products) has its retail price printed right on the label!
I recommend the book to those who have never been to India, because they'll be instantly transported there; to those who have already been and would like to go back; and to those who, like me, have already had their fill of it but, through someone else's eyes, relive with joy and gratitude so many magical moments and places.

— Giovanna

Cliente Amazon · Reviewed in Italy on August 9, 2026 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Engaging and profound
An author gifted with great sensitivity
A beautiful diary that manages to make you feel the nature of India

Alfazioso52 · Reviewed in Italy on July 31, 2018 · Paperback Verified purchase

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It's with great pleasure that I write a review for those motorcyclists who love a deep bond with their means of travel — in this case, the bike. I believe, being Roman like the author, an engineer but not a surgeon, that I fully share the reason for the trip — I stress trip, because it's 'you alone' who decides what, where to go, and above all to reflect on whether what you're doing is good, or whether the same place might offer other possibilities. By nature I've always believed that decisions/solutions in life should always be personal, not communal: a motorcycle trip, solo, wherever it's made, amplifies this idea.
Compliments to the Author for this fine work, which covers exhaustively the great Empire of Jai Singh across the regions of northern India (which I expanded on through the suggested bibliography). I too recently did three thousand kilometres roaming the length and breadth of Sicily before returning to upper Lazio.
So a well-earned five stars for the subjects covered — places now considered a World Heritage — but above all for having grasped the essence of the journey: I mean the observation, the 'meditation' on social behaviours and the many differences that give a glow to our own ways. Increasingly pleasant reflections along the way shape the structure of the book.
I owe you real thanks, Signor Santucci — a thoroughly enjoyable book that I took in small evening doses, which will perhaps let me, 'tomorrow,' think about a new trip with my trusty 100 GS.

— Antonio

zamolxes · Reviewed in Italy on August 12, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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I stumbled on this book by chance, driven by my passion for travel and especially for India. A hot, enveloping India, brimming with vitality, just as I remember it from my own trip there some years ago. Two weeks driving a little Tata Indica with a broken starter motor: so many laughs with the gangs of kids who helped us get it going again along the dusty roads of Kerala. In exchange for a photo together, which they wanted more than anything else in the world. And it's exactly those small details, that ancestral humanity, the scents and colours, the millions of honking horns, the troubled history of a world of breathtaking beauty, that 700 Hours in India tells with timeless freshness and vitality. The book manages to authentically convey the indescribable emotion of a trip to India, entirely free of every tourist cliché, and for that reason a precious testimony to a universe that is, in some ways, impenetrable to our disenchanted Western mindset. A small gem that made me relive one of the most overwhelming experiences of my life.

Peter · Reviewed in Italy on August 29, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Above all the description of images and situations, and the behaviour of Indians.
I already had a deep admiration for the Indian attitude of 'acceptance,' which I instead see as deep pragmatism, and in general for the beauty of India.
The book is really very easy to read — I read it in bits, but I think each time with excellent momentum (and I don't understand what the Amazon app is even for if it doesn't keep statistics).
I have just one fundamental note: the photos!
In my opinion, in a book like this, even if not within the Amazon epub file, there should absolutely be links to external galleries, because it really makes you want to see what's being talked about.

edit: actually the photos do exist, and there are quite a few of them here: [...] it's written at the start of the book, I know, but it's worth repeating, since the integration of images and text is ESSENTIAL! (I'd forgotten it myself)

Luigi · Reviewed in Italy on August 11, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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At a friend's house, to whom I'd lent this author's first book, I read the first pages of this one... just a few pages were enough to convince me to get it right away, and they're making me seriously think about what the author, on his mini-site dedicated to the trip — [...] — calls a self-medication drug: 'In my case, what I was self-prescribing was a solo motorcycle trip through India.' In my case, I'd change a few ingredients: not necessarily India... and maybe a more comfortable motorcycle. And a strictly digital camera, not film. Though with a fast prime lens.
A book recommended to motorcycle enthusiasts, photography enthusiasts, India enthusiasts and... to everyone else too!
Enjoy the read!! I'm impatiently waiting for more of the author's trips, documented the same way!

Silvio · Reviewed in Italy on November 15, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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A book full of sharp, unusual observations, that you read in one sitting, giving us the image of an India very different from the one you get from the back seat of a car with a driver. It conveys, very effectively, the peculiarity of getting around by motorcycle in an environment that isn't always easy, and the solitude that makes you reflect and understand.
At times it inevitably reminded me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, especially in its love of detail and its search for explanations — without, thankfully, the note of pedantry and the rather dark moods that characterize that book.
An original, intriguing travel book that makes us reflect a great deal.

Alba · Reviewed in Italy on October 26, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Living the sensations, the emotions, the smells, the sounds, the landscapes through someone else's eyes... and at the end of the book finding yourself enriched and changed, as if you had actually made the trip yourself and not through the written word. A first-person word that resonates inside as if it were your own. An inner language, never verbose or rhetorical, that mirrors the reflections and discoveries of a mind attentive to detail, yet searching for the whole. Not a mystical journey but a journey of exploration — of oneself, of others, of a culture so different from ours. A fine book from an open mind.

Alberto · Reviewed in Italy on June 20, 2020 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Fun, reassuring for anyone who has never been able or willing to take a trip alone. In India or in Romagna, it doesn't make much difference. The account of the first encounter with Indian traffic will have you absolutely doubled over laughing..

Palina45 · Reviewed in Italy on September 8, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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I stumbled on this book by chance, and it immediately drew me in because it's about India, and especially about a part of India I had recently visited myself. It's a smooth-flowing travel account that expresses feelings and emotions we all share. A stimulating story that hugely increased my desire to go back to that country — not by motorcycle, given that I'm no longer in the first flush of youth, but maybe on my own, for the reasons the author explains so well.

Vanessa & Giovanni · Reviewed in Italy on June 4, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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A book that grips you from the preface onward. It's not simply, only, 'nice.' It also leaves us richer, with digressions (conversational and never boring) into the history of India. Often intelligently ironic, never self-celebratory (the most real risk in extreme-travel accounts), at times profound. Always engaging. I hope the author has more trips like this planned, with the moral obligation of similar 'logbooks.'

Stefania · Reviewed in Italy on August 29, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Reading the book, I travelled!
Thanks to an engaging style, at times also ironic, I immersed myself in the colours, the scents, the smells, the history of a fascinating country.... I was a little bit in India myself too!
I'll definitely reread a few passages... the same way you go back to places that particularly captivated you.
I'm curiously awaiting more books from the author.

Ivano · Reviewed in Italy on January 9, 2022 · Paperback

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I read this book almost in one sitting. It grabbed me right away. Smooth-flowing, funny, reflective, therapeutic. I've never been to India, but the author took me there. I was there with him, or he was me. I don't know. In the middle of crazy traffic, seeing extreme economic poverty alongside the great wealth of smiles and kindness of those people, listening to those endless honking horns, eating biscuits along the way, on a motorcycle that only God knows how it managed to cover three thousand kilometres with (almost) no problems, etc. etc.
He had real courage! Well done!
One of the lines that made me smile bitterly: 'I ask him where he's from, where his home is. He points to a place that doesn't exist.'

Massimo Rota · Reviewed in Italy on March 16, 2023 · Paperback

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A book that, for a few hours while you're reading it, makes you dream and feel like you're living the journey with the author. Through the story (genuinely well written) you see the landscapes, the faces, and smell the scents.
Little by little you identify with it, and you're seized by an irresistible urge to plan your next trip. To India, perhaps, but ultimately it doesn't matter where, as long as it's by motorcycle and, if possible, alone.

Carlo Milano · Reviewed in Italy on October 13, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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I've known the author since early adolescence, so I can confirm this book reflects his imaginative, visionary nature. Still, I can't help wondering whether he really did take a motorcycle trip through India, or whether everything he recounts is instead the fruit of one of his frequent alcohol-fuelled delusions.

charlie_bepop · Reviewed in Italy on May 23, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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I went back in my memory to my first motorcycle trips. I relived my own experiences and savoured the author's, in this journey. A book that makes you dream — food for the soul.

Marcello · Reviewed in Italy on March 5, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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a fantastic book to recommend to everyone, motorcyclists and non-motorcyclists alike, with very likeable and interesting human and descriptive nuances — I recommend it to everyone

Carno Polo · Reviewed in Italy on January 13, 2014 · Paperback

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A short but exciting book recounting a motorcycle trip. The author takes the reader by the hand, loads them onto the motorcycle, and takes them around India for three weeks. The narrative is so engaging that the author, despite repeatedly writing that he travels alone, no longer really does — he makes the reader feel as if they were sitting on the saddle behind him, riding over every pothole on the Indian roads.
This book is not, and doesn't pretend to be, an analytical essay on the country, nor a guide on how to visit it by motorcycle. What it does manage to convey, though, with a wealth of detail, is an experience that makes you want to set off yourself. I've personally visited, on various trips I've taken over the years, all the places Santucci rode through on his Enfield, and I recognized myself in his account. At every bend I relived my own experience (by car, by train, on foot) and I can vouch for the authenticity of the descriptions.
The book therefore hits the target it set for itself: telling the story of a journey. A difficult journey, one that could have gone differently and that would certainly go differently for anyone who decided to undertake it. But that's the difference between an analytical essay and a story. I read this book in a few hours — it's hard to put down, you almost get afraid the motorcycle won't start again! Highly recommended to anyone who knows India, but also to anyone who, unable to go there in person, wants a taste of it from the comfort of home.

ivan anzellotti · Reviewed in Italy on February 6, 2017 · Kindle Edition

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A moving book, not just descriptive of places, but one of those books that make you reflect on humanity. The author's thoughts during his journey along Indian roads are engaging, and as someone passionate about motorcycle travel (not simply about motorcycles), and having been to India myself many times, I found in this reading the same feelings I've experienced, but seasoned with real richness. A shame you can only give five stars — the book, the journey, the author deserve more.

AleXian · Reviewed in Italy on September 8, 2017 · Kindle Edition

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Surely because we have a lot of things in common — flying, sailing, motorcycles...
I liked it like the others, and, like the others, I recognized myself in it.
It confirmed my theory that it's the details that make the stories, that make things, that make History, that make the Real.

Aware · Reviewed in Italy on November 19, 2013 · Kindle Edition

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A passionate, meticulous work, meant to tell a story and to tell of oneself.
A work, no more the first, in which the author proves himself a sensitive observer, and his notes manage to convey details, nuances, atmospheres. Without hesitation he faces a land that we Europeans can only barely brush against, so profound and extraordinary is it — with humility. He treats it with curiosity and delicacy, 'flying over it' aboard a post-colonial Enfield, a touch that's a little snobbish, but certainly a fitting and sturdy travel companion.
It will appeal to true travellers, to solitary bikers — who often turn out to be the same people.
As it goes along, the book gains substance, the reflections grow deeper, the judgments sharper; you can sense the effort involved in crossing stories and cultures, grounded also in research that is far from trivial.
Truly enjoyable — some sentences even worth underlining, worth reading and worth sharing.

Monica · Reviewed in Italy on January 3, 2014 · Kindle Edition

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A beautiful travel account, but not only that — it's something more...
It's deeper than a diary but never boring or predictable, it's ironic and sharp
It reads,,, quickly, not because it lacks substance but because you genuinely want to keep going with the author, kilometre after kilometre
As a motorcyclist I can say it really feels like being the writer's 'backpack,' it's that gripping... I've visited India myself, so certain feelings were familiar to me — now I can say this book made me want to rent an Enfield and set off again :)
Highly recommended!!

Sele · Reviewed in Italy on June 9, 2014 · Kindle Edition

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The book was given to me and some other friends at a reunion of old high-school classmates.
It sparked my curiosity, and sooner or later I'll take a trip to India.
I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Sil · Reviewed in Italy on January 3, 2014 · Kindle Edition

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as good as it rarely happens with a travel diary
moving and gripping. funny when it describes the roads, the traffic or the various Indian attitudes, profound in other passages.
absolutely recommended

Sem4000 · Reviewed in Italy on September 8, 2013 · Kindle Edition

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Lovely.rich in feelings and reflections about india and about travelling by motorcycle, a machine that gradually sheds its mechanical nature and becomes a means of communication with ourselves and with the world around us.

Elisabetta Desantis · Reviewed in Italy on June 10, 2014 · Kindle Edition

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Recently purchased book. A genuinely interesting read, never boring, a trip I would gladly take myself (maybe with a more comfortable vehicle).

Roby G. · Reviewed in Italy on December 11, 2013 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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As soon as you land in New Delhi, the first message you read inside the airport is 'Incredible India'..and yes, I think the author fully immersed himself in the Indian spirit, with all its thousand contradictions.
Very well written, flowing, full of personal anecdotes and interesting historical notes.
Looking forward to the next one!!

Prof · Reviewed in Italy on December 14, 2024 · Paperback Verified purchase

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An introspective travel diary, a pleasant and at times engaging read.
The motorcycling stays in the background!

paolo bellentani · Reviewed in Italy on June 10, 2018 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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You read it in one sitting — I find it smooth and enjoyable. I really appreciate travel books, especially ones about motorcycling, that highlight the true meaning of travelling: namely, meeting others and searching for oneself.

FS · Reviewed in Italy on September 3, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Well done to the author !!!! He managed to tell us his journey by making us live it with him, and that's not easy — plus the trip itself was really well chosen and well carried out .... WELL DONE all around !!!!

Turris · Reviewed in Italy on September 18, 2013 · Kindle Edition

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Over the years I've read a great many travel accounts, reports, and journals about India. Almost none of them gripped me the way Giuseppe Santucci's did. The reason is easy to state. Because it's a genuinely first-hand account. Because, while showing in scattered observations a considerable historical and philosophical culture, Santucci never shows off — he only brings in the elements that let the reader share in his moments of wonder and reflection. Because you can sense a gaze that is at once present and detached, sympathetic and neutral. Because many of his ways of reading things reveal an originality of approach, an ability to dissect and analyse almost scientifically, a mind free of prejudice. Because reading it you find yourself carried, in blissful unawareness, toward the unknown, on an (uncomfortable) saddle bouncing over every kind of terrain (in an emotional and intellectual sense too). Because the ability to have fun and laugh at nothing never fails, and it's precisely this that makes the deepest observation possible. Should I recommend it?! What do you say?….

Sparta · Reviewed in Italy on March 6, 2014 · Kindle Edition

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An interesting, well-written book, easy to read, that captures the traveller's emotions well and conveys moments of life in India. It carries a fine closing message that makes you reflect. Absolutely recommended.

Roberto · Reviewed in Italy on May 16, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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an enjoyable read, original in its genre. It's certainly no literary masterpiece, but it reads with interest. India is always alluring, and the author managed to capture and convey feelings we can all relate to.

marcello militello · Reviewed in Italy on November 22, 2015 · Paperback Verified purchase

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I thought I'd find an account of a motorcycle trip, but I found 'only' a trip through India.
Nice descriptions and nice atmospheres, told in a style I liked a lot.
I had to pause my reading when I realized there wouldn't be much said about the feeling of riding and the relationship between man and machine. With a fresh mindset I kept going with the book and found it more stimulating than before.
If you're looking for an account of the real, non-touristy India, I recommend it — but if you're looking for a motorcycle travel diary... steer clear.

renzo · Reviewed in Italy on April 14, 2021 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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a good travel read

joefly · Reviewed in Italy on August 12, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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It reads quickly, but in my opinion it lingers too much on detailed descriptions of the places visited — I would have preferred a story more focused on the feeling of riding and the emotions a means of transport like a motorcycle can give.
Not bad, but there's better in the catalogue.

carlo85mi · Reviewed in Italy on July 3, 2015 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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A good book to learn more about India and its origins, but there isn't much about the motorcycle.The book reads well and quickly

carocci andrea · Reviewed in Italy on May 12, 2014 · Kindle Edition

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I read the book for three reasons: because I'm passionate about travel literature, because it recounts a trip through the one part of India I know well, having been there twice, and because as a young man I travelled a lot by motorcycle, sometimes alone too. Before reading it I had, and still have, some reservations about the title, which is convoluted and seems tied to a somewhat regressive, almost childish personal project — giving the impression that, for the author, the title matters more than the content. Fortunately that's not the case, and the read is very pleasant. The particular qualities of travelling by motorcycle and alone are explained well, and the appeal of this way of travelling, and of the relationship the traveller builds with his machine, is conveyed convincingly. I'm not convinced, though, by the claim that the long hours spent alone in the saddle allow for deep reflection: what I remember myself is only unproductive daydreaming and the feeling of being detached from what I was seeing. In my own experience, this remains a way of travelling that connects only weakly with the places you pass through.

There are some lovely general reflections on travelling — for example, those on packing your bags, which is at once 'a way to start travelling before you've even set off. But, at the same time, often also an extreme denial of the journey we're about to undertake,' driven as we are by the anxiety of being far away to carry with us small fragments of our everyday world, like medicine or personal hygiene items.

The pages of the book that convince me most are the ones devoted to describing encounters with people (the intimacy of a young couple choosing a shawl at the market, the pride of a pen seller, or people's wish to be photographed); I find the descriptions of landscapes less successful, a little too conventional. Every time — and there are many — that India is described through what strikes the senses, like sounds, smells or tastes, you get a vivid picture that recalls Pasolini's The Scent of India. I found the way historical and artistic information is provided disappointing, on the other hand (Robert Byron this is not); the author's comments are also, at times, a bit superficial, and the fact that he keeps reminding the reader he's an engineer doesn't help. Finally, and above all, I'd take issue with the writing style, too heavily inspired by certain fashionable forms of journalism, which overuses line breaks for emphasis, ending up only trivializing the text by giving in to a rather irritating affectation.

Andrea Bonesi · Reviewed in Italy on December 25, 2020 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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I read it because I'd like to travel through India on a motorcycle myself, and I did get useful information, but few emotions. It didn't really draw me in, but it offers interesting food for thought for anyone considering a similar trip.

Marco Sergio · Reviewed in Italy on June 9, 2018 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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It didn't excite me much, even though I don't think it's true that it isn't a smooth read. Still, apart from a bit at the end, it doesn't have much of a through-line — it's not a very inspired book, and you can tell right away that the real motive for the trip was actually wanting to write the book. I do agree that the travelling itself was too rushed to get the best out of the places visited.

Mik · Reviewed in Italy on January 20, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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I've read many travel accounts, but I found this one quite superficial. That's surely partly down to the nature of the trip itself — a motorcycle journey this long, done in so little time, doesn't allow you to properly get to know what you're visiting. In practice, this translates into an account of fleeting experiences and long stretches of introspection.
Even the historical digressions about two monuments are too long and tedious. The feeling is that they were added later just to pad out the book.
Finally, the writing style, with sentences that are too short and choppy, makes for a read that isn't very smooth and at times is even a bit grating. Some writers use this technique deliberately to add emphasis to certain parts of a story, but here it's used so systematically, often unnecessarily.
I get the impression these are all 'friendly' reviews — there's no other way to explain such a high average rating for an objectively mediocre product.

Claudio Masè · Reviewed in Italy on April 28, 2015 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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Dreadfully slow, and I didn't even finish reading it. It also seems like the protagonist (or whoever's writing) isn't really a motorcyclist but an improvised one. Not suited to anyone looking for a proper account of a motorcycle adventure.

Francesco · Reviewed in Italy on May 18, 2014 · Kindle Edition Verified purchase

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It failed to convey any emotion to me. An easy, smooth read, but rather thin. I expected much more from an account of a motorcycle trip. This isn't the account of a real motorcyclist, but of someone who just happened to end up on a motorcycle — and it's quite noticeable.

Monesurf · Reviewed in Italy on May 18, 2024 · Paperback

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It got me thinking!
About why we feel entitled to do things we're not really cut out for...
These days, if you want to share your own experiences, there are social networks for that
Writing books isn't something you improvise — let's leave it to those who actually have the skill for it.
It's almost funny, the very long section devoted to the traffic in New Delhi — as if there were nothing else there, according to the 'writer'...as for the rest, it says nothing about India, just a jumble of moments thrown together from a trip, personal considerations and experiences...
If you want to read personal thoughts and repeated ideas that grow tiresome and fail to convey anything moving or worthwhile...you'd honestly spend your time better doing almost anything else
That said, it's fair to say you can read it in a couple of hours
The choice is yours

Amazon Customer · Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2018 · Paperback Verified purchase

Good book, interesting stories travelling through India.

The translation is not that great - there are some sentences in the book that just made no sense, but the overall gist is there.

Not a huge fan of the writing style - very short sentences, almost like you're sometimes reading an instruction manual. Could be a result of the translation though

Russ Zimmer · Reviewed in Australia on May 20, 2024 · Paperback Verified purchase

My son is planning this trip and is enjoying the book

Amazon Customer · Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2018 · Paperback Verified purchase

That was a Christmas present for my husband and all I can say he devoured the book in one day!