Customer Reviews

The Darwin Awards Boxed Set (1-3)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The Darwin Award Box Set is a collection of people who did sometimes stupid, yet funny things to die. There are the classic Darwin Awards such as the person who decided to make a neckless out of live amunition and others who did not die, but were injured doing stupid stuff, such as the guy that tied 45 Navy ballons to a lawn chair and sailed up to about 20,000 feet.

All in all a funny look at some stupid people.

A very amusing compilation of anecdotal events that make you wonder if the Human race is really heading in the right direction.

This was a set of books that was a lot of fun to read. It is good for those people that like to laugh at other people's stupidity.

My 8-year-old son and I have been a fan of the website for some time, and every night, these days, I read him a few Darwin Awards before lights out. In my opinion, the books are very well done. I especially like the division of each chapter into Darwin Awards (confirmed or unconfirmed by "Darwin"), Honorable Mentions, Personal Accounts, and Urban Legends. We enjoy discussing which stories we believe, which we don't, and why. I also like the decision to have each chapter contain a collection of related stories. For example, it's convenient to be able to skip sex-related accounts as a group. For my purposes, less flowery language would be preferable, but I have no trouble rewording to plainer language on the fly while reading aloud. In summary, these books are an excellent and valued contribution to our bedtime routine!

Die stupidly (& funny) or lose your reproductive organs & you win the award & join the club thus saving the world from your stupid genes. But the book then goes astray. Creating honorable mentions that are indeed funny but the victims live to breed another day. What is that? It encompasses about one-fourth of the world's population albeit usually not funny. The author then creates another category: Urban legends. Usually not true but again funny. It appears the author did not have enough material for a book of people who simply offed themselves. Really diluted the book. A disappointment.

I have been a fan of Darwin awards for long time. Always very funny.

If you need a good laugh, this is it. Perfect for a book to take when your riding in a car or airplane, it has so many belly laughs in it people will think your nuts.

"Where evolution hits the pavement" -- an excellent light-hearted take on terminal stupidity.

I have read many an email about a new Darwin Award winner and was really looking forward to this anthology of Darwin Award winners.

But, a clunky writing style and an amateurish attempt by an apparent first time editor made this material hard to read in a 300 page book format. Add to that the rather low ratio of truly humorous stories and you have a poorly executed effort.

The second star is for the content that IS truly humorous and will get you rolling every once in a while. This would make an okay bathroom book... but wait for paperback and the smaller price tag.

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A Guide to my Rating System:

1 star = The wood pulp would have been better utilized as toilet paper.
2 stars = Don't bother, clean your bathroom instead.
3 stars = Wasn't a waste of time, but it was time wasted.
4 stars = Good book, but not life altering.
5 stars = This book changed my world in at least some small way.