The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived, (Paperback)

from wanderlustlover

This was rather amusing all together. I'm giving it a three, because I'm much rougher and tougher on my non-fiction than I am on my Fiction. Fiction can get me so much more moved and passionate. (So think of this maybe as a 4 Star when only counting my Non-Fictions)This was a glorious little romp...

from TheBentley

This was such a neat concept and could have been done with such depth and intelligence. It's unfortunate that the authors were so flippant and politically biased. (To be fair, I don't think all the authors were--some of the individual essays were excellent.) I did give it three stars because it m...

from nancynova

Interesting concept. Pick 101 "people" and write up a page or two on their backstory. Very US Centric, some of the research a bit uneven, but overall a neat concept. I had no idea about the back story for several, some I wouldn't have included at all (Buffy the Vampire Slayer??), and some I remem...

from kristenn

A very neat idea, but by the end I was really wishing it had been written by someone other than this team of McSweeney's wannabes. The zany asides tried way too hard and the shorter snarky jokes were simply never clever. There were also fervent strident political asides that were just out of plac...

from skinglist

Review: 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived On the one hand, I'm thrilled that I'm finished with one book and actually reviewing it less than two days in to 2015. On the other hand, I'm tempted to call this book at least 91 people too long, although that's probably not fair. I once overhe...