Our Dumb World by Inc. The Onion Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Our Dumb World
Book Review: Great book if you like The Onion
Summary: 4 Stars
An outrageously funny look at the globe. If you like The Onion humour, you will love this book. For those not familiar with The Onion humour, be warned that it may offend since they play on pretty much every stereotype out there. Check out their website http://www.theonion.com/ to see if you like their humour before buying the book.Book Review: Great pick and drop literature
Summary: 4 Stars
I loved this book! Its a great Christmas or Birthday gift for those who appreciate off-beat humor, especially the nerdy kind. I have it in the reading rack permanently and anytime I have a few minutes I pick it up and read a few pages. Awesomely funny!Book Review: Gut buster
Summary: 5 Stars
Sure, not every line in the book is funny. But sometimes you are reading along and read something you just aren't expecting. So, expect to bust a gut at random times.Book Review: HIlarious!
Summary: 5 Stars
My fiance has a copy and I recently got a copy for his sister for Christmas. She scanned through it when we were all opening presents and was already laughing! You don't need a PhD to enjoy it but you can't be too thick either to enjoy it.Book Review: Hilarious & intelligent, great eye for detail
Summary: 5 Stars
As someone who loves geography and the Onion, this book is the perfect combination for me. This book is not for the easily offended, as the Onion merrily meanders along the line between good taste and going too far when it comes to jokes about genocide, corruption, child prostitution, AIDS, and the like. To that end, many country profiles are quite sobering reminders that many people around the world live in conditions that simply aren't "funny". However, the subtle humor, and the strategy of taking the style of an Eyewitness Guide (or other pretty but "generic" atlas) and infusing the substance with the usual humor from the Onion was rather clever.
Other reviewers have said that the Onion went for quantity over quality with this one, and while there are times when the material gets a little repetitious (genocide jokes in Africa & Latin America, for example) overall I thought this was a hilarious and intelligent book. I think one needs a strong interest and grounding in geography to fully enjoy it, however, as the humor often relies on the country context at hand. Therefore, for people who like geography and/or travel, and enjoy the irreverent humor of the Onion this will likely be a four or five star book. For people who like the Onion but aren't that interested in geography, it might be a three star book. For people who like geography but don't "get" the Onion, or for anyone easily offended ... you will probably want to find a different book to read. For me, however, it was an enjoyable read and a pretty reasonably priced find as well.