This book was the shit. I looked at that cover and thought “this will either be brilliant or awful- there is no in-between”- and it turned out to be really funny (if you have a somewhat immature sense of humour). Yes, I get why this isn’t the most popular or well-loved books (just look at the goodreads rating of 3.13) BUT it’s perfect if you don’t take things too seriously. And it’s ideal for people looking for new places to visit in 2022… and need a list of places to avoid!
In this quintessentially British guide, you’ll hear about some of the worst best beloved places you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED TO GO TO! Nowhere is sacred- not even our top attractions like Madame Tussauds and Stonehenge (honestly, I love both of those… though I can’t quite put my finger on why… something this book had me questioning!) It even gave me flashbacks to my childhood, when a misguided parent tried to take me to the pencil museum (even I don’t like stationary that much).
With hilarious observations about just how weird British culture can be, you’ll read this book and question your life choices and why you listened to me and titter at all our idiosyncrasies. I already know I’ve got one person to read this and regret it- you could be next!
I do have to admit, this fizzled by the end and got really repetitive (I have to ask the authors why they felt the need to put some of these places in twice?!) However, I can forgive it because I only have myself to blame for reading this in the first place and it was only delivering what it promised. Really though, I learnt a valuable lesson from this book (and can save you the time and money of reading it if you like): kids only want to go to Disneyland, you cheapskate! Gonna give this book a great big pile of bananas (even if the authors of this book end up writing a follow up book complaining about why all fruit are rubbish:
I may be the only person on the planet who enjoyed this book- but sometimes you love what you love! 😉 What’s the weirdest book you enjoyed lately? And… are you bonkers enough to pick this up too?? Let me know in the comments!
the orang-utan librarian 
Ooh, this sounds hilarious! I’ll definitely have to give it a read sometime soon.
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Hehe it was!!
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As a survivor of crap days out….this sounds bloody brilliant
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Hahaha it was!!
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You have to be desperate to want to visit a pencil museum. Yes we Brits can be odd but our American chums can also do strange and weird. As proof, how about that scintillating Onion festival in California I passed one day? 😹
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Hahaha I know!! And it’s in the lake District, where there isn’t really a shortage of places to go 😅 hahaha! The people that enjoy that would definitely like going to the garlic festival on the Isle of Wight!! 😜
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Oh yes I forgot about that garlic one. Thought you might enjoy the odd sounding festivals in this article https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/the-13-most-unusual-festivals-in-the-world/
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Oh brilliant- thank you!!
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That sounds fun. it definitely will help if someone can tell which places to avoid. Great review!
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Haha absolutely! Thank you!
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Sounds like my kind of read! And I’ve been to the pencil museum. It’s not that bad. I never wanted to go to Disneyland, the people dressed in costumes would have freaked me out.
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Hahaha!! Well I’ll take your word for it 😉😅 hehehe I can understand that- I went to the Paris one once when I was a kid and honestly I really didn’t like that part of it (Pluto turned out to be a grumpy overheated French guy who probably just wanted a cigarette break 🤣)
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