The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific in Around the World

May 14, 2012 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it it was ok

Shelves: around-the-world, read2012, travel, location-south-pacific, location-kiribati

I think it is important to separate the subject matter of a book from the book itself. Kiribati? Fascinating. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific? Not good. The research was interesting. The factoids were interesting. But the author comes across as a complete tool. I would have been far more interested in hearing about his girlfriend's experience in the Republic of Kiribati, since she was actually working with people and doing things, unlike J. Maarten.

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Sep 27, 2011 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: around-the-world-group, 6-books-6-countries-6-continents, non-fiction

Funny account of life in one of the remotest places on earth. The author and his girfriend go to live on Tawara, a tiny atoll which is part of the country of Kiribati. Kiribati, as he tells us, has the land mass of the Baltimore metro area, broken up in 33 pieces, and scatter across an expanse of ocean the size of the continental US. This is not a good book to read in bed if you partner is asleep, since you will wake said partner when you can't help laughing outloud. It is a funny book, but it w ...more

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Feb 20, 2012 Maude rated it liked it

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J. Martin Troost and his girlfriend decide to pack up and move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. His girlfriend, Sylvia, accompanied him and spent the next two years with erratic electricity,listening to the only music for miles,"La Macarena", local characters, and few food options. I have a lot of respect for the men and women who decide to go make these kind of decisions. And yet, they spent two years there, learned a lot, and I don't think they regretted it ...more

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