Joe's review
Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition
by Editors of The Onion
Joe's review
Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition by Editors of The Onion
Joe's review
rating:
Just like the weekly "newspaper," there are two ways to enjoy this book. The first is to simply read the headlines, laugh at the idea, and move on to the next headline. The second is to go in-depth into the meat of the content and appreciate the humor in how the writers put together the finer text.
Both approaches work here; most of the book contains multiple brief joke entries for each country, but some of the countries, like Suriname and Jordan, are just one big joke taken to a degree where they fill the whole page. This isn't a complaint; it works. Suriname's entry repeatedly encourages you to read about a more interesting country with different tactics in the same tone. Jordan's entry ignores everything about the country except Queen Rania and reads like an obsessed fanpage.
Just like some of The Onion's most irreverent articles poking fun at the mentally disabled, the desperately poor, or rape victims, Our Dumb World doesn't hesitate to offend ...more
Both approaches work here; most of the book contains multiple brief joke entries for each country, but some of the countries, like Suriname and Jordan, are just one big joke taken to a degree where they fill the whole page. This isn't a complaint; it works. Suriname's entry repeatedly encourages you to read about a more interesting country with different tactics in the same tone. Jordan's entry ignores everything about the country except Queen Rania and reads like an obsessed fanpage.
Just like some of The Onion's most irreverent articles poking fun at the mentally disabled, the desperately poor, or rape victims, Our Dumb World doesn't hesitate to offend ...more
