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Title: Paris for Gullible Tourists
Author: Alun Hill
Narrator: Kelly Rhodes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-13-16
Publisher: Alun Hill
Genres: Comedy, Satire
Publisher's Summary:
Parody - don't buy if you don't understand humor, please!
Paris - the city of lights and dog shit.
Where the women don't shave their armpits, but they spend millions on perfume.
The most-visited city in the world. The best city for gullible tourists, then.
Learn the scams, learn the places to avoid.
Here's an example for the Eiffel Tower:
Known as the "awful tower" locally.
Locals often go to the top, as that's the only part of Paris where you can't see it.
Long queues.
The exorbitant admission price (designed only for gullible tourists) only gets you to the second floor.
The top is the third floor.
It's narrower up there, windy, crowded - and costs more to go up.
From the top however, you can see all of Paris, if it's a clear day (see weather).
For free, by not going up, you can also see Paris. Better and cheaper.
You were wondering how to get to the first floor?
You pay to go up in the elevator to the second floor, then walk down stairs.
Lots of stairs.
Lots.
Members Reviews:
Love the quick, punchy humor
Love the quick, punchy humor of Alun Hill. This is a helpful book (in pointing out the tourist-trappiness of Paris), and Alun's viewpoint is very Seinfeld-esque in the way he describes Paris from a "What is up with THAT?" type of view. Fast read and I got some real good chuckles.
Gullible author who reads Viator write ups
I think the author did try to talk about some things to be avoided in Paris as well as things to be concerned about. I do truly believe he did as little research as possible (Viator anyone?) as the 'book' comes across as extremely skimpy and not terribly funny. Mr. Hill does try, but I am afraid his jokes don't quite get up his name so to speak. I would hope he will put more content in the Kindle and paperback versions, as currently, it's not even worth purchasing at one penny at the moment.
Entertaining
I did enjoy going through these "chapters". It will be interesting to see if I agree with some of the author's assessments after our trip to Paris!
Adds no value to the world
Why would the author waste our time on such drivel? He was lucky to see Paris. He wasted money on tourist traps. This is not funny, not interesting, not necessarily true. He hates Monet. This "e-book" is the reason why the Kindle bubble has burst-- when people self-publish pure bs to try to make a buck.
This author was having a very bad day on his or her visit to Paris.
This entire book can be summed up in one sentence: Everything in Paris stinks--literally. The author's hypersensitive nose was the only sense organ working on his or her trip to Paris. S/he hated everything and resented having to pay for it. Short and extremely unhelpful, this book will make anyone who has not been to Paris wonder why anyone would ever go there. I urge you to consider why Paris would be for centuries the world's biggest tourist destination if it were really the place described in this book.