| Value for Money | 6/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 6/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7/10  |
Full review by
rds1
on 9th Mar 2007
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+2
You really do have to be a Daily Mail reader to not enjoy this book, not least because there is a five page entry for said paper in this encyclopaedia of things that are poo.
Basically, you shouldn't take anything that is said seriously because none of it is. It is just really funny. Just like loads of people without a sense of humour complain about Jeremy Clarkson being rude and discriminating. This book is laugh-out-loud funny unless you choose to take it seriously and choose to be offended.
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Review by
wide open mind 5651
on 1st Sep 2006
User Rating : 9
Respect :
0
At it's best, the book is a successful sending up of every idea and person that stinks of the proverbial. It successfully lampoons Bono, the Daily Mail, Tracy Emin, Starbucks, and ASBOs, to name a few. It is frequently laugh out loud funny, although the sometimes excessive use of crude language may put some people off - personally, I thought it added a crazy-person-in-the-pub kind of off-beat charm. Some of the entries are hit-and-miss, and at times the monologue turns into a rant. However, ...
wide open mind 5651's full review | 142 words
Review by
algis100
on 4th May 2006
User Rating : 0
Respect :
0
Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?: The Encyclopedia of Modern Life is touted as a sort of modern encyclopaedia of things that you and I feel are, basically, as the title suggests.
Whereas in truth that probably better describes the content of it.
At any given opportunity the authors take a very leftist view of the world and assume that so do the readers, e.g. harping on about "fascist" Daily Mail as if it was Mein Kampf.
Just a quick look at the authors' previous work - articles in The Big ...
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