Ratings12
Average rating3.8
I really enjoyed this. A woman who works for a disaster travel agency gets sent on one of the company's travel packages to review it. I went in cold and had no idea what was going to happen and I think that's the best way to approach this. Now, I'm going to hide the rest of this review so I can get some thoughts out in a way that doesn't cause spoilers.
I was hooked right away with the opening bit about Yona Kim's manager. What a pig! Could you imagine working for a company with other employees protesting abusive behavior in the lobby of the building and no one doing anything about it? I thought the idea of a vacation built around a disaster very interesting (I'm also guilty of this, having planned a trip around a visit to the Lizzie Borden house). When it slowly gets revealed what the manager's secret plan is to upgrade the vacation package for Jungle, I was kind of cheering them on. When I found out they were not just using the "mannequins", I was horrified. What this says about me...I'm scared to know. I wish we had gotten to know Luck a little better, he seemed like a stand up guy, but I have a feeling a lot more was going on there. I like to think that he walked into that mangrove forest and found Yona Kim. Even though Yun Ko-eun told us she was dead. She showed us Yona Kim die. But the lack of body gave me some hope. There's a lot to say about The Disaster Tourist. It would make a great book club pick. Will it make the TOB shortlist? Who knows? It has a total Black Mirror vibe.