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bradleygiselle's review against another edition
2.0
DNF'd 15% I couldn't stand another minute of jokes about "People" magazine. There were 4 in the first 15% of the book. Along with a lot of other terrible jokes. I don't feel like I was learning anything new from this book. Not because there wasn't new to me information but because all of the jokes, especially the repetitive ones, were just jerking me out of the narrative. I was really struggling looking past them to the information that was trying to come across. It's not that "serious" and "scientific" books can't be funny! They totally can but the funniness has to natural and not just shoehorned in wherever they sort of fit. It's so distracting! This author could really learn something by reading Caitlin Doughty or Lynne Murphy who both manage to be funny in a way that ads something to the subject that they're writing about.
rhodesgiselle's review
2.0
DNF'd 15% I couldn't stand another minute of jokes about "People" magazine. There were 4 in the first 15% of the book. Along with a lot of other terrible jokes. I don't feel like I was learning anything new from this book. Not because there wasn't new to me information but because all of the jokes, especially the repetitive ones, were just jerking me out of the narrative. I was really struggling looking past them to the information that was trying to come across. It's not that "serious" and "scientific" books can't be funny! They totally can but the funniness has to natural and not just shoehorned in wherever they sort of fit. It's so distracting! This author could really learn something by reading Caitlin Doughty or Lynne Murphy who both manage to be funny in a way that ads something to the subject that they're writing about.
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