Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation (Audiobook)

from Kirconnell

I will begin by saying that I loved Denby's Great Books and that is one reason why I picked this up to read at the library. In this book he thoroughly discusses snark in all its incarnations with accompanying examples of criticism, satire, irony, and snark. However, occasionally Denby gets carrie...

from PamFromMD

Aeyan's review is interesting, and a good summary. I enjoyed this book, but felt bad about myself when I finished it. (I confess that I too like snarkiness; it makes me snort, which is one of the words the author discusses...I think... in connection with the origins of the word.) This IS the big ...

from PamFromMD

Aeyan's review is interesting, and a good summary. I enjoyed this book, but felt bad about myself when I finished it. (I confess that I too like snarkiness; it makes me snort, which is one of the words the author discusses...I think... in connection with the origins of the word.) This IS the big ...

from trav

Too much of this slim volume was spent on the history of snark as well as splitting the hairs of snark, satire and criticism. While the definitions are important I would have appreciated more time on the impact that snark has on our conversations these days. Of course, the book was written in 200...

from Sullywriter

A brief, witty commentary on the ongoing decline of civility, cleverness, and humor in spoken and written communication.