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A review by ftlobooks
Parsnips, Buttered: How to Win at Modern Life, One Email at a Time by Joe Lycett
5.0
Overall opinion of the book:
I absolutely LOVED this book, Joe Lycett never fails to make me laugh. I listened to the audiobook, which Joe narrated himself. He does an outstanding job and if you're deciding whether to read or listen to the book, I'd definitely recommend listening to it!
If you're not familiar with Joe Lycett, he's a British Comedian and renowned internet troll. His comedy mainly focuses around trolling people via Social Media, email and just generally being an irritating human being. His humour is brilliant and he's my favourite comedian at the moment, there's not really any other comedian I've seen do anything similar. You may have seen Joe on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Big Fat Quiz of Everything and Live At The Apollo. He also has a new show on Channel 4 called, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, where he helps people that have been scammed or ripped off by companies - it's great! If you've not seen any of his live stand up before, I'd encourage you to watch some on YouTube, you'll be cry laughing by the end of it!
Parsnips, Buttered focuses on a variety of different topics, such as sexuality, LGBT rights, terrorism, parking fines, scammers, winding up local councils and Grindr. Each chapter begins with a short few lined joke, some of which are corny but in the best way. Joe's comedic timing is second to none and I love his ability to deliver the jokes so well in the audiobook. His often sarcastic voice fits the tone of the book perfectly and it's perfect for the connect he does.
Although this is a book deep rooted in comedy, Joe discusses some heavy and controversial topics. He doesn't shy away from calling others out for their questionable stances on things. There are definitely overtones of political beliefs in some of the chapters, which I think is so important. It's great that he's so open about his own sexuality and what he stands for. Often people in the limelight will shy away from this and centre their humour around something else, but Joe tackles this head on.
Parsnips, Buttered could easily have been twice the length and I wouldn't have got bored. The only tiny niggle I had with it was that some of the jokes he makes in the book I've heard him say before. Bearing in mind that this book was written in 2016 and I only discovered his work in 2018 this is understandable. I think I've watched every sketch of his that I could have, so naturally there would have been crossovers in the jokes he uses. That's not anything against the book however, I can listen to his sketches and jokes multiple times and still find them hilarious.
Final Thoughts:
I would 100% recommend this book, especially the audiobook. If you love sarcastic humour based on trolling and real life scenarios, this is the book for you. The comedic timing is perfect I have have no doubt that this will make you laugh out loud on many occasions. I'll give you a quick tip though, you may get some funny looks on public transport like I did. This was one of the funnies books I've read in a long time and I cannot recommend it enough!
I absolutely LOVED this book, Joe Lycett never fails to make me laugh. I listened to the audiobook, which Joe narrated himself. He does an outstanding job and if you're deciding whether to read or listen to the book, I'd definitely recommend listening to it!
If you're not familiar with Joe Lycett, he's a British Comedian and renowned internet troll. His comedy mainly focuses around trolling people via Social Media, email and just generally being an irritating human being. His humour is brilliant and he's my favourite comedian at the moment, there's not really any other comedian I've seen do anything similar. You may have seen Joe on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Big Fat Quiz of Everything and Live At The Apollo. He also has a new show on Channel 4 called, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, where he helps people that have been scammed or ripped off by companies - it's great! If you've not seen any of his live stand up before, I'd encourage you to watch some on YouTube, you'll be cry laughing by the end of it!
Parsnips, Buttered focuses on a variety of different topics, such as sexuality, LGBT rights, terrorism, parking fines, scammers, winding up local councils and Grindr. Each chapter begins with a short few lined joke, some of which are corny but in the best way. Joe's comedic timing is second to none and I love his ability to deliver the jokes so well in the audiobook. His often sarcastic voice fits the tone of the book perfectly and it's perfect for the connect he does.
Although this is a book deep rooted in comedy, Joe discusses some heavy and controversial topics. He doesn't shy away from calling others out for their questionable stances on things. There are definitely overtones of political beliefs in some of the chapters, which I think is so important. It's great that he's so open about his own sexuality and what he stands for. Often people in the limelight will shy away from this and centre their humour around something else, but Joe tackles this head on.
Parsnips, Buttered could easily have been twice the length and I wouldn't have got bored. The only tiny niggle I had with it was that some of the jokes he makes in the book I've heard him say before. Bearing in mind that this book was written in 2016 and I only discovered his work in 2018 this is understandable. I think I've watched every sketch of his that I could have, so naturally there would have been crossovers in the jokes he uses. That's not anything against the book however, I can listen to his sketches and jokes multiple times and still find them hilarious.
Final Thoughts:
I would 100% recommend this book, especially the audiobook. If you love sarcastic humour based on trolling and real life scenarios, this is the book for you. The comedic timing is perfect I have have no doubt that this will make you laugh out loud on many occasions. I'll give you a quick tip though, you may get some funny looks on public transport like I did. This was one of the funnies books I've read in a long time and I cannot recommend it enough!