Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share

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**A New York Times Bestseller!**Based on the wildly popular Instagram account, Subpar Parks features both the greatest hits and brand-new content, all celebrating the incredible beauty and variety of Americas national parks juxtaposed with the clueless and hilarious one-star reviews posted by visitors. Subpar Parks, both on the popular Instagram page and in this humorous, informative, and collectible book, combines two things that seem like they might not work together yet somehow harmonize perfectly beautiful illustrations and informative, amusing text celebrating each national park paired with the one-star reviews disappointed tourists have left online. Millions of visitors each year enjoy Glacier National Park, but for one visitor, it was simply "Too cold for me!" Another saw the mind-boggling vistas of Bryce Canyon as "Too spiky!" Never mind the person who visited the thermal pools at Yellowstone National Park and left thinking, Save yourself some money, boil some water at home. Featuring more than 50 percent new material, the book will include more depth and insight into the most popular parks, such as Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Acadia National Parks; anecdotes and tips from rangers; and much more about author Amber Share's personal love and connection to the outdoors.

  • Product Features

    • Author - Amber Share
    • Publisher - Penguin Publishing Group
    • Publication Date - 07-13-2021
    • Page Count - 224
    • Hardcover
    • Adult
    • Travel
    • Product Dimensions 6.9 (W) x 9.1 (H) x 0.7 (D)
    • ISBN-13 - 9780593185544

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11 months ago
from Concord, MA

Humorous Introductions to 77 National Parks

SUBPAR PARKS (Secondary title: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors) is a short illustrated introduction to the United States National Parks system -- based on actual one-star reviews left by visitors on Yelp and other places. Honest! Author Amber Share is a professional illustrator and graphic designer. As a lifelong visitor to (and lover of) our country's national parks, she was entertained by the ridiculous comments left by visitors. How, after all, can you visit Grand Canyon National Park and then leave as your public review: A hole. A very, very large hole. You can't make this stuff up! Reviews complain about coldness (Glacier Bay), rain (Big Bend), too many mountains (North Cascades), bugs (Sequoia), mud (Cuyahoga Valley), color (Bryce Canyon), quiet (Kabuki Valley), and more. There's even someone who is upset he didn't get to touch lava at Hawaii Volcanoes! I must admit I enjoyed reading the truly useless comments but found they didn't support the concept for an entire book. Amber Share is also the book's illustrator, populating the book with attractive and large color illustrations and black and white drawings. She also offers a written overview of each of the 77 parks covered though it's quite basic information, not enough to actually plan a visit. What may be useful are the tips from park rangers that are sprinkled throughout. For example, suggesting areas where there are fewer visitors in a given park. SUBPAR PARKS would be a good book for a group read-aloud with friends. You wouldn't necessarily have to read the entire 200 page book. And it would likely spark both laughter and personal stories.

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4 years ago
from Texas

Hilarious reviews with interesting park info

This book contains hilarious one star reviews of America’s National Parks. It is great fun to see what some people think of some of America’s most beautiful places. Not only does this book have wonderful illustrations to go with each review, it also has information for each park including history, wildlife, indigenous people, tips for visiting, and other interesting facts. I highly recommend purchasing this book because everyone we’ve shared Amber Share’s subpar parks project illustrations with has loved them.

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