A review by jeffmauch
A History of Weapons: Crossbows, Caltrops, Catapults & Lots of Other Things That Can Seriously Mess You Up by John O'Bryan

2.0

While the subject matter of this book was quite interesting, the humor and language used within it was juvenile and unprofessional. I knew going in that it was more than just an attempt to put together some brief descriptions of the the history of weapons, it was also an attempt to do so with included humor. The humor was written for teenagers, or at best for very immature adults. The author tries far to hard to be funny on every page, especially considering he is talking about some very interesting and engaging subject matter. I'm sure if weapons are your thing, there's a much, much better option out there on the shelves.