Life on the Equator Sounds Not So Awesome...
This book sounded so promising. Again, borrowed from a friend, I was looking forward to reading it. However, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Yes, there are some entertaining events and some funny instances (I actually laughed out loud a few times), but overall it was a disappointment...for several reasons. Sex Lives follows the South Pacific adventures of J. Maarten Troost and his girlfriend, Paige. Paige gets a job working for the Kiribati government and Troost decides to hang onto Paige's coattails when she goes. What follows is a historical analysis of the people of Tarawa and the island nations of Kiribati, in addition to Troost's adventures and misadventures of island life. That's about it. I think the main reason I disliked this book was because of the author. Yeah. He comes off as a complete pretentious ass. Oh so you don't have to work. Good for you. Oh, you can turn your nose up at student lo...