A review by debnanceatreaderbuzz
Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe by Jim Davies

3.0

Some books are annoying because the author writes too much out of his own experience and doesn’t draw on science. This book doesn’t have that problem; Davies does the research. Oh my, yes, Davies has done the research. He quotes at least two studies on every page of this book. So that’s not the problem.

I was annoyed by the loose organization at the book. I loved all the fascinating research Davies shares, but I was never very clear where he was going with his findings.

My take: this would have been a much stronger book, a more (bear with me) riveting book, if you will, had Davies spent more time editing it.