jcschildbach's review against another edition
4.0
This book is pretty hilarious, although it's a bit of a one-note joke. I read just a little bit a day, sort of as a palate cleanser between tasks at work and to keep it from getting too stale. Perhaps an odd criticism, but I would have liked this a bit better if the "identification" of the birds was more "accurate" (some of Reynolds' labels of the birds were obviously 'off' -- as in calling something a duck when it clearly was not a duck). But hey, if you like the idea of foul-mouthed fowl and birds generally being like your unpleasant family members, co-workers, or Internet trolls, then this is the book for you.
shereadsshedrinks's review against another edition
5.0
This made me cackle out loud in a surgery waiting room.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
A hilarious, silly, we need this on a shirt book about birds and cursing.
I have had my eyes on this book for a while! Birds! Funny descriptions based on things in real life! Funny quotes! And I have not been disappointed by this book.
In fact I just read it in one go. Because it was that funny and I just kept on laughing. The quotes are fantastic, relatable, and often could be used for real life situations. Or Twitter. Like this one: “Is this the new bullshit or just the same old bullshit?” or this one: “Me saying I like something is not an invitation to a fucking debate.” Which is totally fully accurate as that is how I feel at times on Twitter. Heaven forbid you like something. I also loved this quote: “That’s not how reality works, dumbshit.” Well, OK, I liked almost all the quotes. There were a few that had me like, OK, that was a bit uninspiring.
I also loved that the book was just FULL of birds. And felt like the old-timey illustrations of them, you know the ones. And that we didn’t just have birds clamouring Fuck it to everything, but we also got some relatable birds that one may find in the real world. Like the Red-Winged Dehort who doesn’t offer encouraging words, but instead focusses on the worst-case scenario. Or the Hipster Pelican, who as you may get from the name, is a hipster. Vegan, loves LPs, that kind of stuff. I found several birds that had me nodding as I knew people like that. XD
I enjoyed that there were also some colour illustrations next to the black/white ones.
Oh, and of course, my hubby enjoyed this one greatly and said to me that it was good that he didn’t have an ebook of this book/the scans of this book, because he wasn’t sure if he could resist himself using them on his work. Haha. There were a few that were just so apt for current situations. I already suggested making shirts, so he could wear them during zoom meetings when he was just done with it all, to which he pondered and then laughed. So it is a plus from my hubby!
All in all, do you like birds? Yes? Do you like fucking funny quotes applicable for daily life? Yes? Do you like finding your colleagues and friends and relatives in birds? Yes? Then heck, get this book!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I have had my eyes on this book for a while! Birds! Funny descriptions based on things in real life! Funny quotes! And I have not been disappointed by this book.
In fact I just read it in one go. Because it was that funny and I just kept on laughing. The quotes are fantastic, relatable, and often could be used for real life situations. Or Twitter. Like this one: “Is this the new bullshit or just the same old bullshit?” or this one: “Me saying I like something is not an invitation to a fucking debate.” Which is totally fully accurate as that is how I feel at times on Twitter. Heaven forbid you like something. I also loved this quote: “That’s not how reality works, dumbshit.” Well, OK, I liked almost all the quotes. There were a few that had me like, OK, that was a bit uninspiring.
I also loved that the book was just FULL of birds. And felt like the old-timey illustrations of them, you know the ones. And that we didn’t just have birds clamouring Fuck it to everything, but we also got some relatable birds that one may find in the real world. Like the Red-Winged Dehort who doesn’t offer encouraging words, but instead focusses on the worst-case scenario. Or the Hipster Pelican, who as you may get from the name, is a hipster. Vegan, loves LPs, that kind of stuff. I found several birds that had me nodding as I knew people like that. XD
I enjoyed that there were also some colour illustrations next to the black/white ones.
Oh, and of course, my hubby enjoyed this one greatly and said to me that it was good that he didn’t have an ebook of this book/the scans of this book, because he wasn’t sure if he could resist himself using them on his work. Haha. There were a few that were just so apt for current situations. I already suggested making shirts, so he could wear them during zoom meetings when he was just done with it all, to which he pondered and then laughed. So it is a plus from my hubby!
All in all, do you like birds? Yes? Do you like fucking funny quotes applicable for daily life? Yes? Do you like finding your colleagues and friends and relatives in birds? Yes? Then heck, get this book!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
wetdryvac's review against another edition
5.0
This was handed to me without comment, and I thought, "Ooo, a new field guide!"
Nope. It's birds being crass, and I *love* it.
Nope. It's birds being crass, and I *love* it.
manticorep's review against another edition
5.0
Is this book childish and somewhat vulgar? Yes.
Is it funny and enjoyable? Yes.
10/10 on enjoyment, I’ve waited quite a while for this book and it was worth it completely!
There were a couple things I didn’t like as an overly particular bird nerd, but rest assured this didn’t lessen how much I liked the book overall. 1, Names of birds should be capitalized like proper nouns. I know that’s not the correct like editing way to do it, but it makes things much easier to understand. There’s only one species called Yellow Warbler, but there are quite a few yellow warblers. 2, some birds matched with their captioned images, i.e. a grebe picture was for a species called grebe, but others were different, such as a wren image named a hawk. Again, just being picky, lol. I also wish there were fun binomial names. I just hope we don’t have to wait for a second edition as long as we had to wait for the Sibley v2 app.
Is it funny and enjoyable? Yes.
10/10 on enjoyment, I’ve waited quite a while for this book and it was worth it completely!
There were a couple things I didn’t like as an overly particular bird nerd, but rest assured this didn’t lessen how much I liked the book overall. 1, Names of birds should be capitalized like proper nouns. I know that’s not the correct like editing way to do it, but it makes things much easier to understand. There’s only one species called Yellow Warbler, but there are quite a few yellow warblers. 2, some birds matched with their captioned images, i.e. a grebe picture was for a species called grebe, but others were different, such as a wren image named a hawk. Again, just being picky, lol. I also wish there were fun binomial names. I just hope we don’t have to wait for a second edition as long as we had to wait for the Sibley v2 app.