Subpar planet The world's most celebrated landmarks & their most disappointed visitors

Amber Share

Book - 2024

"In this humorous and gorgeously illustrated sucessor to the New York Times bestselling Subpar Parks, illustrator, humorist, and social media star Amber Share takes us around the globe with wit and wisdom in Subpar Planet"--

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Subjects
Genres
Humor
Travel writing
Illustrated works
Published
[New York, New York] : Plume [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Amber Share (author)
Physical Description
xvi, 227 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780593473160
  • Introduction: Some Background and Perspective
  • The Americas
  • Tierra del Fuego National Park-Argentina
  • Iguazú National Park-Argentina / Brazil
  • Sugarloaf Mountain-Brazil
  • Torres del Paine National Park-Chile
  • Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park-Chile
  • Salar de Uyuni-Bolivia
  • Machu Picchu-Peru
  • Cotopaxi National Park-Ecuador
  • Tayrona National Natural Park-Colombia
  • Angel Falls-Venezuela
  • Arikok National Park-Aruba
  • Tortuguero National Park-Costa Rica
  • Tikal National Park-Guatemala
  • Chichén Itzá-Mexico
  • Pacific Rim National Park Reserve-Canada (British Columbia)
  • Banff National Park-Canada (Alberta)
  • Riding Mountain National Park-Canada (Manitoba)
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park-Canada (Ontario)
  • Niagara Falls-US / Canada (Ontario)
  • Which Waterfall Is "Best"?
  • Forillon National Park-Canada (Quebec)
  • Gros Morne National Park-Canada (Newfoundland)
  • Fundy National Park-Canada (New Brunswick)
  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park-Canada (Nova Scotia)
  • Europe
  • Gullfoss-Iceland
  • Sognefjord-Norway
  • Cliffs of Moher-Ireland
  • Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park-Scotland
  • Loch Ness-Scotland
  • Snowdonia National Park-Wales
  • Stonehenge-England
  • Big Ben-England
  • Peneda-Gerês National Park-Portugal
  • Picos de Europa National Park-Spain
  • Rock of Gibraltar-Gibraltar
  • Calanques National Park-France
  • Louvre Museum-France
  • Eiffel Tower-France
  • Comparing Landmarks
  • Grand-Place-Belgium
  • Neuschwanstein Castle-Germany
  • St. Vitus Cathedral-Czech Republic
  • Hohe Tauern National Park-Austria
  • Tre Cime di Lavaredo-Italy
  • Matterhorn-Switzerland / Italy
  • Colosseum-Italy
  • Tower of Pisa-Italy
  • Plitvice Lakes National Park-Croatia
  • Triglav National Park-Slovenia
  • Durmitor National Park-Montenegro
  • Acropolis of Athens-Greece
  • Gauja National Park-Latvia
  • Africa
  • Table Mountain National Park-South Africa
  • Kruger National Park-South Africa
  • The Big Five
  • Etosha National Park-Namibia
  • Fish River Canyon-Namibia
  • Okavango Delta-Botswana
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya Falls (Victoria Falls)-Zambia / Zimbabwe
  • Ankarafantsika National Park-Madagascar
  • Anse Source d'Argent-Seychelles
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area-Tanzania
  • Mount Kilimanjaro-Tanzania
  • Serengeti National Park-Tanzania
  • Masal Mara National Reserve-Kenya
  • Akagera National Park-Rwanda
  • Murchison Falls National Park-Uganda
  • Sahara-Algeria / Chad / Egypt / Libya / Mali / Mauritania / Morocco / Niger / Western Sahara / Sudan / Tunisia
  • Giza Necropolis-Egypt
  • Ouzoud Falls-Morocco
  • Asia
  • Dead Sea-Israel / Jordan / Palestine
  • Wadi Rum-Jordan
  • Petra-Jordan
  • Wadi Shab-Oman
  • Göreme Historical National Park-Turkey
  • Taj Mahal-India
  • Pangong Tso-Ladakh / Tibet
  • Great Wall-China
  • Timeline of Important Artifacts and Sites
  • Bàn Giõc-Vietnam / China
  • Taroko National Park-Taiwan
  • Bukhansan National Park-South Korea
  • Angkor Wat-Cambodia
  • Ha Long Bay-Vietnam
  • Erawan National Park-Thailand
  • Kuang Si Waterfall-Laos
  • Mount Fuji-Japan
  • Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park-Philippines
  • Kelimutu National Park-Indonesia
  • Lake Toba-Indonesia
  • Oceania
  • Nambung National Park-Australia (Western Australia)
  • Kakadu National Park-Australia (Northern Territory)
  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park-Australia (Northern Territory)
  • Daintree National Park-Australia (Queensland)
  • Great Barrier Reef-Australia (Queensland)
  • Blue Mountains National Park-Australia (New South Wales)
  • Bondi Beach-Australia (New South Wales)
  • Port Campbell National Park-Australia (Victoria)
  • Freycinet National Park-Australia (Tasmania)
  • Animals That Want to Kill You
  • Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park-New Zealand
  • Flordland National Park-New Zealand
  • Te Ana-au Caves-New Zealand
  • Tongariro National Park-New Zealand
  • Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland-New Zealand
  • How to Have an Absolutely Terrible Time Traveling
Review by Booklist Review

Funny, insightful, and lively, Subpar Planet's descriptions of renowned travel destinations with straight-cutting humor pokes fun not only at a timeless genre, but at travelers themselves. In this follow-up to her best-selling Subpar Parks (2021), Share once again pairs well-researched, informative descriptions of popular sites, such as Peru's Machu Picchu, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, and Italy's Tower of Pisa, with critical reviews from unimpressed tourists. This facetious juxtaposition draws laughter that is just as amusing as it is eye-opening, highlighting both the absurdity of people's expectations and the wealth of cultural and natural treasures at our fingertips. Bookended by reflections on timely travel topics, including the preservation of Indigenous cultures, and a satirical guide to traveling, Subpar Planet also cleverly encourages a rethinking of how the cultural and social significance of tourism is entangled with privilege. Accompanied by colorful, upbeat illustrations and covering multiple continents, this travel guide is for those who appreciate a good view of the (extra)ordinary parts of our world, all the while having a little (or a lot) of fun.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.