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Summary: A picture book- no depth or content
Review: I have never bothered to write one of these in my years purchasing from Amazon but in this case the reviews and description of book are so misleading, that I felt compelled to let other readers know this is not a book for those you that are looking for depth or any insight. It is simply a picture book- a mighty expensive one at that. It is hardly a social commentary, rather a depiction of pop culture--and a form of it in itself. I do not recommend this book for anyone. Unless you like to consume mindless "pop culture" regularly.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I laughed so hard I thought I was going to pass out in the bookstore after picking this up. It's a hilarious spoof on modern life a la Sex and the City. Those with no sense of humor need not bother.
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Summary: Almost there.
Review: I love the idea of this book--several of its pages make me laugh more than a little out loud. (No one's eating carbs anymore). I love the crafty creativity of the dioramas. However, I do feel that some of the jokes are trying a little too hard and fall flat. I also feel that this might have been more successful as a series of prints--at least I would like some of them to put on my wall (blue chicks coming to America)--something I can't do to a very nice book.
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Summary: "Cutesy" But Not that Funny
Review: I only smiled at one of the entries - will definitely be returning this and getting something else.
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Summary: Great gift for that whacked friend...
Review: I read this whole book while shopping at the mall, bought it for a friend, then took it home and read through it three more times. I don't want to mail it; I want to keep it and read it every day after work. Maybe I'll buy another one for myself.
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Summary: FUNNIEST BOOK EVER!!
Review: I saw this book while shopping for Christmas gifts, and had to buy it for myself--in spite of my having gone over budget already with everyone else's gifts! This book is absolutely hysterical--the photos are delightful (as another editorialist put it: you'll spend hours going over the photos) and are full of visual asides and "bonus laughs" for those who look carefully. The chicks are too too adorable, you'll fall in love with their little personalities and true-to-life scenarios. I brought it with me to a wine bar last night and shared it with a friend (was going to give it to her as a gift but couldn't bear to let it go), and we laughed so hard we were crying--BEFORE our drinks were even served! (Bartender was entirely intrigued!) Today I will give it to a fashion-savvy female friend of mine--only because I have found it for order here on Amazon--and am positive I'll be crying with hysterical laughter when I go through it with her, too. Bottom line: Buy the book, but get at least two copies so you can give one to your best friend and keep one for yourself, too!!
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Summary: Best book ever!
Review: I saw this book while shopping in Seattle. I wanted to buy it, but decided against it, not wanting to spend money I could use somewhere else. I then tried to describe the book to friends and family, and decided to buy it. It is hilarious, and am very happy I decided to get it!! No one can stop laughing at the FULL BODY WAX picture. The best.
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Summary: Not for Kids....or many others.
Review: I thought this book looked cute, until I actually read it. The writer arranges chicks and doll furniture and then turns them nasty. I suppose this is supposed to be clever but I just found it DUMB. A bad spoof of Cosmopolitan magazine meets Chicken Little.
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Summary: gigglicious!
Review: Ignore what the dour and humorless are saying. This little bit of puffery is not a story book--it's a smart, funny and usually pitch-perfect send-up of popular culture. Its target audience is not children, but fear not! It will not fry your kid's brains, should they succeed in getting it away from you. On the contrary, they'll probably howl delightedly at the escapades of (the obviously satirical) Coco.
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Summary: Deceptively simple idea, but really, really funny
Review: It's a little hard to explain this book to someone who hasn't seen it: "See, she takes these little plastic chicks and surrounds them with dollhouse furniture and takes pictures of them, then writes these hilarious captions...". About this time, the person you're talking to is giving you an odd look, and you close lamely with "You'd just have to see it. It's really funny."
But the thing is, it IS really funny. I gave it to my lovely bride as a birthday present after she kept returning to it at the store and laughing at one image after another. Now, we're taking turns browsing through it again and again. "Sleep with one eye open, mother." "Princess Gwyneth's money was on Puff." Great stuff.
"Bitter with Baggage" kind of reminds me of the Monty Python fish-slapping dance sketch: it's a good test of whether someone has even a rudimentary sense of humor. If they do, they're sure to get at least a chuckle out of this, and maybe a lot more.
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