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Subpar Parks �� Amber Share
3***

You can’t please all of the people all of the time, but a 1-star review of Yosemite National Park (“Trees block the view, and there are too many gray rocks.��) or the Grand Canyon (“A hole. A very, very, large hole.��)?

Amber Share is an illustrator / graphic designer, and also a life-long afficionado of the United States�� National Parks. She’s an avid hiker and finds much to enjoy in wildly different climates and ecosystems, including some of the most remote park settings. So, when she stumbled upon some of the clueless 1-star reviews she just had to shake her head, and then laugh.

She turned to her talent for illustration and painted some wonderful depictions, graced with the clueless remarks of seriously underwhelmed visitors, and began posting them, once a week at first (on her blog? Instagram? �� whatever). People loved them and clamored for more. This book is the result.

Each park “visited�� starts with the illustration and the clueless remark, but Share then gives an informative description of the park, including some ranger’s tips / cautions, and other hints on best enjoying nature’s splendors. She also incorporates Native American culture and significance for most of these parks.

The text does get somewhat repetitious, especially when you’re reading this as a book, rather than using it as a handy reference guide, hence the 3-star review. But she gets 5 for her illustrations! I’m inspired to visit another “Not much to do�� park!




LINK to my review