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tohanlon's review
informative
fast-paced
2.5
I just was not a fan of the author’s voice and when I read history facts I like to go a little more in depth than a quarter of a page in large font.
owlerybooks's review
2.0
Interesting Historical Stories but the way the author tried to make it relatable to modern day things like social media sex and relationships was super annoying... and seemed condescending and borderline rude at times.
primalmusic's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of a 3.5 for me. I appreciate the breeziness and the variety of the tales told, but it felt like 2/3 banter and 1/3 history when I'd prefer to have less talk and more details. The brevity means that for the stories I did recognize, I knew details that would have made the chapters that much more impressive (like Bessie Coleman's race not garnering attention here).
xennicole's review
3.0
I received an ARC from Edelweiss and TarcherPerigee for an honest review.
I usually like history and history books with lots of historical moments, but every story had a moral. History isn't fairy tales.
If you don't usually read history and you want a super irreverent nod to history, this is your book. I felt the book consistent need to bring it to modern-day and with a moral was a little monotonous.
I usually like history and history books with lots of historical moments, but every story had a moral. History isn't fairy tales.
If you don't usually read history and you want a super irreverent nod to history, this is your book. I felt the book consistent need to bring it to modern-day and with a moral was a little monotonous.
rmarriage's review
1.0
First off, I got the audiobook. It was like listening to USA Today Factoids written by your snarky nephew. Maybe the print version is better. Just wasn't doing it for me, and I didn't finish it.
mythosa's review
1.0
I want to start by saying the rating isn’t a reflection of the history. That part of this book was actually super interesting and educational. The rating is because of the dudebro who collected and scripted it all. This man’s jokes were straight out of a grungy beginners night at a d-grade comedy club. While a lot of the history centered around women, he somehow still found a way to be ungodly amounts of sexist, covering himself with “but what a baddie” each time. I don’t even want to get into his weird obsession with Elsa from Frozen. But I should have expected this coming from a man who coined the name “the Captain”.