A review by swancubine
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette

2.0

Interesting subject matter brought down by a bland, scattershot writing approach. Doesn't know if it's quirky, broad coverage of collectors, a biography of Ty Warner, a cautious tale of economic bubbles, or something else entirely, and excells at none of them. Tonally, anything that came off as quippy was usually the easiest possible joke, so it's not a darkly comedic take, and the too often quoted books on economics or like, Freud for some reason make it feel like a repurposed college essay. It's still very readable at least so it's not hard to get through, the material supports itself for the most part through being trainwreck-esque.