I found this one very hard going, and have to admit that I could not find it in myself to finish the book.
Despite the promising start, it was very difficult to get my head around the Norwegian skiing team subject matter. Not having any experience of skiing as a past-time, or as watching a sport, this did put me off quite a lot. Too much reliance on the fact that you might know something about the history of skiing as a sport in Norway - but this is inevitable in a translated book, I suppose.
Shame really, as I was looking forward to reading this. You win some, you lose some.
Please do not take my feelings about this one as gospel, because I realise that another reader might find this book fascinating.
Despite the promising start, it was very difficult to get my head around the Norwegian skiing team subject matter. Not having any experience of skiing as a past-time, or as watching a sport, this did put me off quite a lot. Too much reliance on the fact that you might know something about the history of skiing as a sport in Norway - but this is inevitable in a translated book, I suppose.
Shame really, as I was looking forward to reading this. You win some, you lose some.
Please do not take my feelings about this one as gospel, because I realise that another reader might find this book fascinating.