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Surprisingly condescending

Revisado: 03-17-14

Would you try another book from Daniel Kline and Jason Tomaszewski and/or Patrick Lawlor?

I thought this book would be funny and light, but it really just made be feel badly for the people with these ideas, and as though I wanted to jump in and defend them. Most often the writing and especially the narrator came across as belittling and condescending rather than commiserating and sympathetic.

What didn’t you like about Patrick Lawlor’s performance?

The narrator really drips with disdain for these ideas. I thought the tone the writers were going for was more playful and "hey, we've all been there" kind of thing, but the reading came across as "wow, these guys were just complete idiots". Add in the fact that the narrator pronounced "u"s in the old fashioned way (as though it had a "y" before it; imagine "prodyuced" and "introdyuced") and I felt annoyed through most of this book.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Sure. Some of the nostalgia was fun, and I learned a lot more about the background behind some of these famous failures, which was interesting.

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