Bicycle Diaries Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Kinda blase "

" First part of it was awesome and thoughtful, but it got tedious toward the middle, didn't finish it "

" Byrne's perspective made for entertaining stories and I enjoyed the book a lot. "

" Rambling discussion of urban landscapes with and without his bicycle. Engaging, perceptive and divergent stream of consciousness ideas, reflections and dreams. I felt like I was privy to much of what he experienced, from a distance. Occasional glimpses of the humanity of the man. Likely his notoriety enabled him to get this published. Reads more like a series of magazine articles. "

" boring and not really about bikes. I couldn't read more than 100 pages. not recommended "

" Whimsical stories of mild culture shock. Wish there'd been more about actual cycling, but I guess he was trying to attract a larger audience. "

" It was okay. Tons of really interesting historical tidbits, but not enough to keep my interest for the entirety of the book. Will probably attempt to finish in smaller pieces broken out between other books. "

" I'm sorry David, I just can't get through this. "

" Pretty similar to Suburban Nation but with a little more cultural referencing. "

" pocetak dosadan s pricama o americkin industrijskim gradovima, drugi dio knjige bitno bolji, dosta zanimljivih ideja, vrijedi procitat. "

" Take one bicycle, one interesting character (yes, he's that David Byrne), and add bits of travelogue, land-use musings, and experimental art and you have this book. Mix all together in a wok, serve over noodles and enjoy. "

" I didn't agree with everything David had to say, but I found the book thoughtful and thought provoking. I loved his enquiring tone and humour. Spending time in the world and company of David Byrne was completely engaging! "

" couldnt even finish it. and i DON'T not finish books. The stories are wildly pretentious and uninteresting. that is that. "

" David Byrne is as weird as I thought & that's why I love him! Plus you learn about which cities around the world are bicycle-friendly... "

" Love love LOVED this book! What's not to love about a book that covers travel, biking, linguistics, urban planning, art, food, politics?? David Byrne's brain is cool, I wish I knew him. But since I don't, I'm glad he wrote this book. "

" The singer of the Talking Heads is also an avid cyclist who recounts some of his worldly travels from the saddle in a very insightful and readable way. "

" Interesting to see this side of Byrne who I know only from the Talking Heads. He is obviously artistic and interesting in many ways beyond that. He has some interesting observations on society, city life, transportation, etc. "

" I really loved this eclectic, bike-based travelogue from David Byrne, one theme of which is how different the world's cities look from a fold-up bike "

" Man, I love David Byrne. I love bikes. And yet this book was so not fascinating. I read a couple of chapters and just got frustrated with what the book wasn't--not deep enough with urban detail, not edited very well. I'll just go back to listening to Byrne--much better. "

" If you like the Talking Heads, travel and bikes, you will find this book interesting. If you have no interest in any of the above, I would say skip ahead to the last chapter on NY. "

" If you are expecting a book about bicycling this is not the book for you. "

" incredibly disjointed book about a topic I was interested to read about since I love biking. very disappointed. This should have just stayed a blog or whatever it started out as. No flow! "

" I love Talking Heads, I love bicycling, but I thought the book sucked. David Byrne spends too much time ranting about his politics and has very little interesting to say. "

" Interesting take on the world's cities and places David has been, mostly his experience on bike riding in those places. "

" It was okay. Tons of really interesting historical tidbits, but not enough to keep my interest for the entirety of the book. Will probably attempt to finish in smaller pieces broken out between other books. "

" Love love LOVED this book! What's not to love about a book that covers travel, biking, linguistics, urban planning, art, food, politics?? David Byrne's brain is cool, I wish I knew him. But since I don't, I'm glad he wrote this book. "