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4-minute humorous book reviews which tell you everything you need to know about a novel (honestly), just in a way you've never heard before.Oh, and if you haven’t read the books, they do contain spoilers of a sort – sorry. (That said, some of them are over 150-years-old spoilers…)
Unserious Book Reviews hosts Unserious Book Reviews, a arts show with 16 episodes published.
Jason Dessen is a perfectly ordinary physics professor living a perfectly ordinary life in Chicago, which in thriller terms means he is about three pages away from everything going catastrophically wrong. One night, Jaso
Show notesIn case you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a bunch of extremely rich people made consistently terrible decisions while dressed impeccably, The Great Gatsby has you covered: a story about love, wealth, illusions, a
Show notesFerriss opens his bestseller with a seductive premise: escape the 9 to 5 grind, join the “New Rich,” and redesign your life so you work less and live more. Naturally, this is extremely appealing to anyone who has ever st
Show notesJune Hayward is a struggling writer whose career has the structural integrity of a damp tissue. Rather fortunately, she happens to be with Athena Liu — literary darling, national treasure, and human embodiment of “effort
Show notesLord of the Flies is what happens when you give a group of schoolboys freedom, no supervision, and zero Wi-Fi. When a plane crashes on a deserted island, stranding a bunch of British boys who were presumably on their way
Show notesOliver Twist is the story of what happens when a very small boy makes the catastrophic error of politely asking for more food. Sweet, polite, and apparently terrifying to the adults in charge of the workhouse, they react
Show notesEat, Pray, Love is the story of what happens when you have a perfectly respectable life on paper and decide instead to have an existential crisis with a passport. Freshly divorced and spiritually singed, Elizabeth does w
Show notesThe Secret History is what happens when a normal college student accidentally enrolls in Advanced Pretentious Chaos with a minor in Murder. At first, everything seems idyllic for our small clique of students: they read a
Show notesJack Torrance, a writer with anger issues, brings his family to his winter caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, a place with more ominous vibes than a clown convention held at midnight. Fortunately, the hotel chef notice
Show notesOur 4-minute Unserious Book Review of Gone Girl, where Nick and Amy Dunne’s marriage is the literary equivalent of a beautifully wrapped present that turns out to contain a live scorpion wearing a party hat. At first gla
Show notesThe Talented Mr Ripley is the uplifting tale of what can happen if you combine ambition, envy, and a truly flexible sense of identity. It moves from the United State to Italy, and Italy, naturally, is dazzling. There is
Show notesOur 4-minute unserious book review about Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre. The story of a woman who absolutely refuses to calm down about injustice, no matter how inconvenient itmakes things for everyone involved. A
Show notesA 4-minute unserious review of Richard Osman's cozy mystery, The Thursday Mystery Club. Subtitle: Why knit scarves when you can unravel homicides? Find out if we think you should view with joy that the author’s retirees
Show notes“A road trip that makes Race Around the World look like a stroll through Costco” Never laugh at dragons - but you can laugh at our 4-minute unserious book review of JRR Tolkien's epic story, The Hobbit. A mini adventure
Show notes“With puzzles that would make a Sudoku champion roll their eyes” Welcome to our 4-minute unserious book review of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s bestselling guide to running frantically through European tourist attractio
Show notes"If you thought your last family holiday was full of drama, you clearly haven’t met the residents of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is less a love story and more a multi-genera
Show notesA four-minute humorous book review of Suzanne Collins' first book in The Hunger Games series - but shorter and a lot funnier than the novel. Oh, and if you haven't read it, it does contain spoilers of a sort - sorry.
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