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A review by davybaby
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs
3.0
3.5 to be more exact.
This is a collection of Jacobs' writings from magazines of the various experiments he has done (similar to the Know-It-All and the Year of Living Biblically). These were obviously smaller in scale, but often just as interesting. Particular highlights were when he outsourced his entire life to India, including grocery shopping and arguments with his wife; and when he practiced radical honesty, failing to censor anything he ever said to anyone.
This book was more hit-and-miss than his previous two. There were some really interesting ideas, but he rarely went as far with them as I would have liked. So a fun read, but little of the impressive dedication and Big Ideas that made the other two seem like more than entertainment.
This is a collection of Jacobs' writings from magazines of the various experiments he has done (similar to the Know-It-All and the Year of Living Biblically). These were obviously smaller in scale, but often just as interesting. Particular highlights were when he outsourced his entire life to India, including grocery shopping and arguments with his wife; and when he practiced radical honesty, failing to censor anything he ever said to anyone.
This book was more hit-and-miss than his previous two. There were some really interesting ideas, but he rarely went as far with them as I would have liked. So a fun read, but little of the impressive dedication and Big Ideas that made the other two seem like more than entertainment.