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thetamari's review against another edition
2.0
Fun idea, but several inaccuracies, and the illustrator is somewhat insensitive and trying to pass it off a quirky humour.
pwbalto's review against another edition
4.0
Intriguing. A weird, fun browse, probably a good thing to have hanging around a classroom for quick shots of inspiration.
marinazala's review against another edition
3.0
** Books 255 - 2015 **
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3,4 of 5 stars!
I love the way this books illustration can summarizing the biographies of the famous people. Instead writing all about the information, the author choose the unique way to describes with graffiti, graphic images and some fun facts. I love when behind the sketches there is some caption or fun facts that grab my attention a lot. I can know the information what i did'nt learn before at school or another biography books.
For example, Have you known before that when Abraham Lincoln was child he being kicked by horse? Alfred Hitchock dislike fried egg and doesn't have an navel in his stomach? Charlie chaplin have four wives and when he died his corpse being stolen by someone? But the interesting fact is i just know that Elvis Presley is have black belts for martial arts (karate) and Hellen keller can read german, italy,greek and french Woww! >__<
I recommend this books for a reader who doesn't love read biography since it is biography with different packaging is. You will love the illustration and some fun facts behind this books :)
John Lennon
Michael Jackson
This books to accomplish Yuk Baca Buku Non Fiksi 2015
3,4 of 5 stars!
I love the way this books illustration can summarizing the biographies of the famous people. Instead writing all about the information, the author choose the unique way to describes with graffiti, graphic images and some fun facts. I love when behind the sketches there is some caption or fun facts that grab my attention a lot. I can know the information what i did'nt learn before at school or another biography books.
For example, Have you known before that when Abraham Lincoln was child he being kicked by horse? Alfred Hitchock dislike fried egg and doesn't have an navel in his stomach? Charlie chaplin have four wives and when he died his corpse being stolen by someone? But the interesting fact is i just know that Elvis Presley is have black belts for martial arts (karate) and Hellen keller can read german, italy,greek and french Woww! >__<
I recommend this books for a reader who doesn't love read biography since it is biography with different packaging is. You will love the illustration and some fun facts behind this books :)
John Lennon
Michael Jackson
ainiali's review against another edition
4.0
This is a good effort by the author to compile & simplify biographies of famous people into a few important symbols & graphics. I did enjoyed it!
meowlvika's review against another edition
2.0
Well interesting book and cool illustrations. However facts were wrong at some places (don't remember exactly where). And so I can't really bring myself to trust this book lol. Also I knew a lot of things already so it wasn't particularly exciting for me.
pantsyreads's review against another edition
4.0
This was a really neat concept! I loved Hancock's art style (simple, kind of scribbly lines) and while these snapshot biographies could certainly never be used for serious research, they are really fun and can create a curiosity about a famous figure and maybe push someone to dig a big deeper into that person's life.
jdgcreates's review against another edition
3.0
What a great concept! I enjoyed learning about these 50 famous people through Hancock's illustrated biographies, but the art was not quite as exciting as I had hoped. Cool book though.
bookpairings's review against another edition
2.0
This is a super quick read and has some interesting information about famous people such as Coco Chanel, Sigmund Freud, Andy Warhol, and Winston Churchill. I wish that there was some more substance or different factoids about their “weird stuff”. It was more biographical than about their idiosyncrasies.
thisknife's review against another edition
4.0
A really fun book, that has a unique style. Fun facts about people throughout history, drawn and doodled. This would be a great gift for high school age artists!