A review by lizchereskin
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman

4.0

Two things really competed for me throughout Vactionland: how much I enjoyed John Hodgman's writing and voice, and how hard of a time I had really connecting to many of these stories. I'm admittedly maybe just outside of his target demographic as a woman with no children and no identification with the East Coast or New England, and the stories in which these weren't central (the titular one and the one about speaking at the college) I really did enjoy. But some (many) just kind of lost me, and I read them thinking they'd wrap up with something a little more universal to hang on to, but that mostly didn't happen.

I did find myself laughing at moments and appreciating his insight and self-awareness and will recommend this to the "cool dads" I know who I think would get more out of it than I did.