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AUTHOR Troost, J. Maarten
TITLE The Sex Lives of Cannibals
DATE READ 06/13/20
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Travel/Humor/2004/audible/ 8 hr 35 min
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 117/120; Random Travel to 9 Countries 5/9 Kuwait, Lesotho, Japan, Columbia, Kiribati ( Guatemala, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Eritrea) Around the World in 80 Countries 2019-2021 30/80 for 2019; 13/80 for 2020 43/80 2019-2021(Spain, Denmark, Kuwait, Lesotho, Romani ...more
TITLE The Sex Lives of Cannibals
DATE READ 06/13/20
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Travel/Humor/2004/audible/ 8 hr 35 min
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 117/120; Random Travel to 9 Countries 5/9 Kuwait, Lesotho, Japan, Columbia, Kiribati ( Guatemala, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Eritrea) Around the World in 80 Countries 2019-2021 30/80 for 2019; 13/80 for 2020 43/80 2019-2021(Spain, Denmark, Kuwait, Lesotho, Romani ...more
I was vacillating between laughter due to his and my privilege, and sadness as I was reminded that it's the same here.
The sequence could be more cohesive so that the end would have a stronger impact.
Spoiler so you won't feel click baited by the title: the cannibals aren't human ...more
The sequence could be more cohesive so that the end would have a stronger impact.
Spoiler so you won't feel click baited by the title: the cannibals aren't human ...more
I picked this book up once and assumed within the first 25 pages or so that I would grow to really dislike and possibly despise the author and narrator, Mr. Troost. So I put it down and moved onto something else.
I picked it up again recently and decided to have another go at it, and I am glad I did. This book was quite funny, informative, scattershot, and captured the essence of expat mindframes quite well. Troost is no Bill Bryson, a name he's compared to quite frequently. However, he does have ...more
I picked it up again recently and decided to have another go at it, and I am glad I did. This book was quite funny, informative, scattershot, and captured the essence of expat mindframes quite well. Troost is no Bill Bryson, a name he's compared to quite frequently. However, he does have ...more
Nov 15, 2007
Elizabeth Weltin
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
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Jul 04, 2008
Janna
rated it
really liked it
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memoirs,
travel-lit
