Tom Brosnahan

It is not a tourist guide. It is more a memoir. The writing flows very easily and enjoyable in the first part of the book, while the writer is in Turkey as a Peace Corp teacher. It was nice to know how the people are and their everyday lives. The second part could have been shorter. The book lost interest when the writer visits many cities to collect information only to be published in his Tourist Guides Book. Very small mention (very!) about the other minorities that lives in Turkey such as: Armenian, Kurds, etc...… (meer)

I know about deadlines, and I know about padding word counts, but this is all "At Guney Dog you can enjoy freshly-squeezed, refreshing orange juice made from the freshest sweetest oranges." You know, instead of telling you if they have breakfast or, like, an otogar shuttle or something useful, right? It spends more time telling you about things that suck and to avoid than things it likes, which is never a good sign (and unconscionable in amazing Turkey). Also, she keeps her obsession with sceney git restaurant 360 in control here, but she doesn't other places, and for that and other reasons I can't quite forget how much Verity Cambell bugs me.… (meer)