Book Review: London For Adventurous By Elisabeth Sanz

I've decided to put to use my love of reading by reviewing the books I read (for better or for worse).

Today I review: London the Adventurous!  By Elisabeth Sanz (Subtitled: Discover the England Capital with this Ultimate Travel Guide)

                                                                   
Rating 2 out of 10.

Pros:  It wasn't unintelligible.  There was some factual information.  

Cons: Run on sentences, numerous misspellings and overall poorly edited. Bad advice.  Little useful information.  Questionable if author has ever been to London.  Nothing ultimate or adventurous about this book.

This might be the worst travel guide I have ever read.  That the subtitle references the word ultimate almost made me want to scream; and adventurous it isn't either.

So what does this ultimate guide consist of? 46 pages-three of which are occupied by a list of the attractions covered in the London Pass and 2 more thanking you for buying the book and asking you to review the book.

The book seemed to keep promising the reader it was going to get more exciting, only to continually decline.  It started off with a chapter on English history that read like a report from a kid in middle school.  The next chapter was about attractions in London.  But the information was so limited I could have easily gotten the same low quality of information on the internet.

 Chapter 3 and 4 are about hotels and tours.  While there was some information that was slightly interesting, most of the information was so generic it could apply to almost any city in Europe.  For example, the book mentioned camping, but didn't mention any information on where one would camp.  Much of the information was completely useless.  There were such pearls of wisdom as pick the hotels and tours that are right for you and make you comfortable.  As if someone how I'm going to pick a hotel and tour I hate on purpose?

Chapter 5 listed more attractions.  Information again was limited.

Chapter 6 was an odd assortment of information.  Having been to London most of it made little sense to me.  Far from adventurous the information in this chapter was fear mongering, even to a level of making me laugh.  Having been to London, I suppose I'm lucky to not have been mobbed by those dangerous pigeons.  Yes, the author actually warned you about the danger of being mobbed by pigeons.

By the end of the book I was still wondering what was ultimate or adventurous about this book.  I concluded the answer was nothing.

The book on multiple occasions offered advice that was just bad advice.  My guess is much of this information was pulled from sites of people selling products.  You'll save money by using a travel agent-trust me you won't.  You need a car to get where you want to go easily-um no, seriously have you even been to London?

While I'm an advocate of guide books, I'd say don't waste your money on this one.