101 Places Not To See Before You Die (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
The good thing is it's quite interesting, makes me do research on various subjects I haven't heard before.The down side? this books is more like a rant blog. Complaining all about Templestay like a lazy woman she is. What does she expect from a Temple? a home to disciplined monks? Spa treatment? Also, bitching about Nevada then says it is what most of her friends say, then washes her hands off. I am not from Nevada but what she does is insulting.She also thinks the dangerous sports and festivities are no-nos, oh well sorry about that, I'm kind of a daredevil =), besides if they weren't fun, why would these events go on for many maaanyyy years? It is annoying how she judges the places without even trying them out herself. The title of the book is somewhat misleading in that some of these "places" are not places you would ever be in a position to see: some are in the past, like "An Island off Germany's East Coast, January 16, 1362"; some are fictional, like "Varrigan City" (the fictional setting for the videogame "MadWorld"); some were specific to her life, like "An Overnight Train in China on the First Day of Your First Period"; and some were just plain silly and uninformative, like "Your College Campus Four Months After You Graduate"; etc. Granted, the author does state that pretty clearly in the introduction, but I still found it to be a bit disappointing, especially since some of those places also seemed to be almost like off-target, silly "page fillers" to me.Yet, this book was good (in a light, entertaining sort of way) in that: (a) some of the places were pretty interesting or unknown to me; (b) each place was neatly and tightly packed up into its own short chapter, making for easy stop-and-go, non-committal reading; and (c) it was written in an easy, light manner.On that merit, and since there were more on-target, interesting chapters than there were off-target, silly ones, I give this 3 stars, and am just putting that "caveat" out there for anyone thinking about getting it or reading it that you might just find the title to be a bit misleading as I did if you aren't aware of its actual nature in advance.
What do You think about 101 Places Not To See Before You Die (2010)?
this one had some interesting entries, but it was quite boring for the most part.
—celina88
A funny gift bookOf icky tourist places.Too much swearing, etc.
—ahuels
It was okay but not as funny as I thought it would be.
—fifijonze
