- ISBN13: 9780767915304
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost—who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs—decided to pack up his flip… More >>
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
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This guy is the biggest whiner since Bill “I wanted to walk around England but it was raining” Bryson. He moves to a godforsaken atoll at the end of the world, KNOWING it’s a godforsaken atoll at the end of the world, and then whines in a rarely amusing way about being stuck on an atoll at the end of the world. Sorry, this writer is no Dave Barry and no Paul Theroux, and his “style” is definitely not worth the price of the book. You can have my copy if you just send a self-addressed stamped envelope; I only read about half of it, so it’s almost like new!
Rating: 1 / 5
Exaggerated. Overly dramatic. Derived. The author is a pretty awesome guy, just ask him. Right when you start to think that the story is getting interesting the author slides back into a pit of self-absorption. Few notable pieces of entertainment surrounded by a sea of drivel…erroneous facts. Don’t write a book using information gleaned from wikipedia. If you are the type of person who 1) keep hamsters as pets, or 2) remains celibate despite no moral conflicts, then this book is for you.
Rating: 2 / 5
Troost is clearly educated and intelligent, even mildly amusing at times. But this book is hardly worth any hype. The title is meaningless and unexplained. His text is far too long-winded. And for a man who bemoans capitalism, materialism and nearly everything American, where did he end up living? Cali! In the end, the hypocrisy was a bit much.
Rating: 2 / 5
I thought I would be able to enjoy this book since I have been living on a small atoll in the South Pacific. I have visited some of the islands he mentions and I found most of his stories over the top and a few of his stories I would bet are completely fabricated. The title of the book has nothing to do with what the book is about. Troost’s writing style is very negative. He comes across as very anti-American. After bashing America several times He ends up moving there after his supposed 2 years experience. Don’t waste your time or money.
Rating: 2 / 5
Although the book has it’s highlights, overall it’s just OK. There is a lot of bashing of the US (politics not needed in a “humorous” travel book) and of the very people he lived with. Troost’s disdain for the majority of the natives who surround him is very clear and he obviously feels vastly superior to these simple people.
In order to sell books, he suggests he will discuss cannibals sex lives – note – the cannibals he discusses are the native dogs that roam the island. Nice try.
Overall 3 stars with a lean toward 2. Anyone who laughs out loud at this book needs to read a bit more.
Rating: 3 / 5