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A review by lenorayoder
The Darwin Awards: 180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Have Met Their Maker by Wendy Northcutt
1.0
It’s clear from the introduction that this book is supposed to be funny. It’s not funny, or even entertaining. The author’s voice/writing style is boring and doesn’t add anything to the stories, and its lack is especially obvious in the book and chapter introductions.
There are several stories in this book that feature injured or dead people who didn’t do anything stupid. They’re only included because something about their death/accident was deemed “weird” or “funny” by the author, but in actuality these stories are just the author punching down at people who aren’t mainstream/conventional. Annoying that this subpar book can’t even stick to its only rule.
There are several stories in this book that feature injured or dead people who didn’t do anything stupid. They’re only included because something about their death/accident was deemed “weird” or “funny” by the author, but in actuality these stories are just the author punching down at people who aren’t mainstream/conventional. Annoying that this subpar book can’t even stick to its only rule.