Subpar Planet: The World's Most Celebrated Landmarks and Their Most Disappointed Visitors | 
pickI loved this book. The author is an artist who had the idea to write a book centering around real people leaving shitty reviews online of extraordinary places. I found myself laughing on every page, as I read the ‘review‘, educational and historical bits, whilst googling images of each place. You have to wonder, were these people serious? Are they that miserable? If you know there‘s something you don‘t want to experience, why go? Why ⬇️
JenniferEgnor set your standards to those of everyone else? Why not just do you? These places are beautiful and full of history, amazing science, cultural value. Many of us do not have the privilege it takes to be able to travel and experience them. Sure, there are places in the book I don‘t feel the desire to go—desert areas are too dry, hot, sandy for me…so I can respect these places from photos, books, documentaries. I wouldn‘t go there and leave a⬇️ 6d
JenniferEgnor shitty review. I‘d go to the places I feel drawn to, and experience everything I possibly could there, savoring the moment, taking it all in. But we all know that there will always be ‘that person‘ who will always find something to complain about. This book allows us to laugh at said person(s). I like the art, the humor, and the educational content. The author has an Instagram account and another book, ‘Subpar Parks‘…postcards are ⬇️ 6d
JenniferEgnor also available! Last note of things I liked about this book: some places had a mention of an etiological myth associated with them (story of how a landscape originated according to an event or deity/entity). The Salt Flats of Bolivia have a lovely myth like this. Link to IG account to follow: https://www.instagram.com/subparparks?igsh=MXNuYWljcWMycHpvOA== 6d
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