"The Apprentice Tourist" is an entertaining animated novel that reveals more about the narrator’s own notions of the cultures and environments in which he indulges as opposed to the adventurous voyage itself. Playing on common stereotypes, fantastical images, and sociological references, the author examines the idyllic and substandard elements of Brazil, as well as his those of his own beliefs. A fairly intriguing novel to those that are interested in fiction that reads like an intimate diary or a piece of literary nonfiction; however, the unedited nature of this book may often find readers needing to step back ad catch a quick breathe of streamlined thinking and comprehensive understanding.