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pustulio's review against another edition
5.0
La neta no puedo no pensar que Byrne es un increíble autor.
spiderfelt's review against another edition
2.0
Mildly amusing sketches from David Byrne's brain, should you want to see inside.
gonzosmuppetgf's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
guilherme_bicalho's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
kateybellew's review against another edition
reflective
3.0
Okay, this was a bonkers read. I received this through a mystery box, and I honestly have some extremely conflicting thoughts. This is strange, there’s no other way to put it. It covers a lot of ground, with topics like sex, Freud, science, poop, Buddhism, and capitalism popping up several times. Sometimes it made me think about a topic in a fresh way, sometimes it made me laugh, sometimes it made absolutely no sense to me.
My favourite thing about this was how it ignited some funny and interesting conversations, because this is a book I wanted to share, I wanted to get others’ thoughts on these weird diagrams.
My least favourite thing about this was diagram 12 called One World, which featured nothing but racial slurs. Some diagrams have a short explanation to provide insight or context, but this one did not. As so much of this book was intentional and subversive, I can only hope this diagram had some larger point, but if it did, it went way over my head. So instead, I’m left feeling pretty damn uncomfortable.
Overall, I actually grew to like this book the more time I spent with it almost in spite of myself, and I enjoyed the conversations it sparked. Plenty of the diagrams didn’t do much for me though and, as mentioned, #12 is concerning. It is unique, almost some kind of curiously that I got a lot more from it than I was expecting to.
Tldr; half of this is nonsensical, self-indulgent bullshit, one page is racist (?), and the rest were a mix of insightful, strange, challenging and funny.
My favourite thing about this was how it ignited some funny and interesting conversations, because this is a book I wanted to share, I wanted to get others’ thoughts on these weird diagrams.
My least favourite thing about this was diagram 12 called One World, which featured nothing but racial slurs. Some diagrams have a short explanation to provide insight or context, but this one did not. As so much of this book was intentional and subversive, I can only hope this diagram had some larger point, but if it did, it went way over my head. So instead, I’m left feeling pretty damn uncomfortable.
Overall, I actually grew to like this book the more time I spent with it almost in spite of myself, and I enjoyed the conversations it sparked. Plenty of the diagrams didn’t do much for me though and, as mentioned, #12 is concerning. It is unique, almost some kind of curiously that I got a lot more from it than I was expecting to.
Tldr; half of this is nonsensical, self-indulgent bullshit, one page is racist (?), and the rest were a mix of insightful, strange, challenging and funny.
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