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A review by jbrooks124
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
The rise and fall of Beanie Baby and its creator, Ty Warner.
As a child of the 90s, I remember a particular love of these cute beanies - specifically, I recall having one for my birth month, as did each of my siblings. I was not prepared for just what a miserable person the man behind them was, or those around him. I knew that the hype surrounding them was pretty surreal at the time (I had family members who were convinced that they would be "worth something someday"), but also hadn't realized the extent to which some buyers went. All in all, this book was a bit of a bummer. I also think I would've enjoyed it more had I read it rather than listened, as IMO the narrator sounded like one of those AI voices - really stilted and monotone.
As a child of the 90s, I remember a particular love of these cute beanies - specifically, I recall having one for my birth month, as did each of my siblings. I was not prepared for just what a miserable person the man behind them was, or those around him. I knew that the hype surrounding them was pretty surreal at the time (I had family members who were convinced that they would be "worth something someday"), but also hadn't realized the extent to which some buyers went. All in all, this book was a bit of a bummer. I also think I would've enjoyed it more had I read it rather than listened, as IMO the narrator sounded like one of those AI voices - really stilted and monotone.