A review by rynerecchia
What You Don't Know - There's a Weird Side to Every Story by Publications International Ltd

0.5

Got this book as a gift. It’s more tchotchke than book. This book has over 30 contributing authors, so the writing quality varies dramatically page-to-page. There are ZERO sources provided in the entire book, so I’m hesitant to accept the legitimacy of much in this book. Especially when there are a handful of things in this book that are verifiably wrong, and things that were widely known at time of this book’s publication (2016). There was at least one instance of a section being nearly copy pasted from an earlier part of the book. And the book overall has a somewhat condescending tone that was likely peppered in by the publisher to try and appeal to people who “don’t like boring books.” Because what’s more fun than a book that’s sassy specifically towards those reading it? That’s not to mention the demeaning and insulting language used at times when talking of people in certain professions (e.g. sumo wrestlers). I’ll probably re-gift this to an unsuspecting friend.