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A review by lisalit
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
3.0
i really liked and appreciated the point this book is making and i think chronologically it does it quite well. i liked learning about how we came to this television era even though not much was surprising regarding what was being said about television and the cons it has.
however, and that really annoyed me during my reading, i found it could have been said in a much simpler form. i found the writing style to be quite jumpy, going from one argument to the next without much transitions and making me confused at times. it sometimes made me lose track of what i was reading and i would find myself jumping absently whole paragraphs because it was something i had understood already OR something i couldn't understand because it was making references of people from the 80's and prior.
towards the middle of the book i just wanted to be over with it. obviously i learned fun facts but, and much similar to television, what mattered was coated with information that was not necessary and made it all a bit blurry.
i wish it was clearer, better organised, and less flourished with interesting yet useless facts. it is too bad that how it was said took us away from what was being said.
however, and that really annoyed me during my reading, i found it could have been said in a much simpler form. i found the writing style to be quite jumpy, going from one argument to the next without much transitions and making me confused at times. it sometimes made me lose track of what i was reading and i would find myself jumping absently whole paragraphs because it was something i had understood already OR something i couldn't understand because it was making references of people from the 80's and prior.
towards the middle of the book i just wanted to be over with it. obviously i learned fun facts but, and much similar to television, what mattered was coated with information that was not necessary and made it all a bit blurry.
i wish it was clearer, better organised, and less flourished with interesting yet useless facts. it is too bad that how it was said took us away from what was being said.