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Book Review of An Embarrassment of Mangoes : A Caribbean Interlude

An Embarrassment of Mangoes : A Caribbean Interlude
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I'm not sure what I expected from this book, but I didn't enjoy it. I've visited the Caribbean and hoped this would be more of a diary of ports visited and accounts of beach days and sailing sunsets. What it is, is a lot of weather reports, sail boat jargon, recipes and stories about meeting fellow cruisers and island natives. It's written in a rather "matter of fact" format, without much humor or personal insight. I stopped reading it about half way through, so maybe it gets better at the end?