everyone must own this book
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Oh my god!! i had this book brought for me on Thursday (November 30th) and I have finished it already, it is truly unique. Never have I read such brilliance. Its fast paced, easy to read, witty and breathtakingly good. Everyone must own this book. I think it is one of those books in which you'll honestly lose yourself, its stupidity is astounding and yet you will be hooked. It seems almost pointless and yet it is unputdownable. Never before has a book accomplished such humour and wit and yet included hundreds of facts. I really was shocked at how good it was. It was so good I barely put it down. I was eating like a hummingbird (they eat almost constantly that's why they hum- a fact from the book) this is a magnificent piece of writing, a breakthrough for factual books, if only they were all written this way, shocking, stupid yet splendid. Without a doubt in my top 5 books for the year.
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beware of tittering
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Careful where you read this as unexpected fits of giggling will have to be managed carefully. It's like the wonder of gazing on a David Attenborough film as amazing things scroll across each page and capture the imagination , some hilarious some cruel, all remarkable. The variety of extraordinary visions which tumble from each page will make you desperate to tell all your friends , and all of them absolutely true.
Augustus Brown has taken the animal world in all its curious glory and synthesised a fascinating collection of strange parallels odd behaviour and humour , which few will fail to enjoy. Only one word of warning though - some of the content just might put the more prudish off ( does your gran need to know about marine flatworms bizarrely penis fencing?-mine would , and would certainly laugh but some might recoil), and the presence of pandas on the cover doesn't mean it's a stocking filler for the very young. For everyone else though - grab it and smirk!
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