West with the Night - Likewise Book Reviews

"I am generally impatient with memoirs but this really does read like a well-paced novel. "

"I have a lot of respect for Beryl Markham....how could one not? She was a remarkable woman, with skill both in aviation and in writing. Yet this book didn't move me the way I hoped it would, and I'm not entirely sure why. Her prose is good, yet it also comes from another time, and perhaps that's why I was never able to lose myself in her story. Or perhaps it's because her attitude on the people and places in Africa, while respectful, is also somewhat imperialist, which makes sense for someone who grew up there during an imperial age. Whatever the reason, this book just couldn't really touch me."