Absolutely Faking It

This travel story by Tiana Templeman was one of the fluffiest things I’ve read – the story of how she won a trip round the world’s top hotels, but didn’t have the cash to live the lifestyle, so had to essentially backpack from one posh resort to the next. And that’s it. There’s no twist, no other story. She describes the hotels and the countries she visits, but as she spends about three days in each, it’s not even as deep as a lonely planet guide. The difficulties she finds are summed up in what she learned: “I can cope with any struggle now, such as smuggling a pizza into the Ritz hotel”. I suppose it’s interesting as a portrait of the average world knowledge of a regular backpacker – but it’s not much as a piece of literature.