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A review by ichabodcrane
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman
4.0
What a damn fun and clever book this was! I genuinely found myself laughing several times throughout reading this (which only took two days, apologize to the people on the NYC bound train I was on). Couldn't recommend this enough to friends of comedy.
Packed with self-deprecation and social-reflection it's a great and timely read at what feels like a social climax (crux) here in the United States.
The only criticism I would have is that I found it wandering and I really wish there were more prose where he considers his own mortality in cruel nature ("nickel colored" water will stay with me for a while). Those portions got me really excited about my own march towards midlife. Weird.
Packed with self-deprecation and social-reflection it's a great and timely read at what feels like a social climax (crux) here in the United States.
The only criticism I would have is that I found it wandering and I really wish there were more prose where he considers his own mortality in cruel nature ("nickel colored" water will stay with me for a while). Those portions got me really excited about my own march towards midlife. Weird.