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Title: Teenage Angst On Tour
Review: I had such high hopes for this book after reading the other reviews, but it turned out to be little more than a tribute to teen angst abroad. One might expect this of teenagers but not travel writers, even the second-rate variety. Rite of Passage presents a series of backpacking vignettes told by a number of different authors, in a variety of styles and settings. The problem is, with a few exceptions, the stories are all the same: a covert hookup in a hostel, consumption of an unusual animal by-product, a mugging that common sense could have avoided, or a "love" that was just never meant to be. I really hope there's more to Europe than that! Rite of Passage made me want to cancel my trip.
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