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Summary: Um...did Josh Aiello write all these reviews?
Review: The similar natures of the reviews written here lead me to believe that Josh Aiello is pulling a Bebe Buell and reviewing his own book over and over again, giving it five stars again and again from different "readers" in various states. Nice try, but this book definitely misses the mark. I sort of feel badly that it had to follow the publication of the Hipster Handbook, which is WAY more accurate and WAY funnier than The Field Guide to the Urban Hipster. I've read both, and while The Hipster Handbook absolutely positively nails it, the Field Guide to the Urban Hipster feels like it was written by my sixty year old father trying to be funny about kids today and picking up only about 20% of the general gist of the thing
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Summary: More than meets the eye
Review: There is definitely more to this book than meets the eye. It is not just another piece of fluff about hipster culture. It is witty, intelligent, well-researched and frighteningly accurate. I think every reader will find at least one person he or she knows described with disturbing insight. Even those who do not consider themselves afficionados of hipster culture will appreciate Aiello's humor and Schultz's art.
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Summary: Funny!
Review: This book is an exhaustive, satirical explication of all sorts of different social subcultures, from the vaguely mainstream to those you didn't know existed, until you see one lounging at your local coffee shop. More than a treatise on "hipsters," this book examines the very hip as well as the woefully unhip, with amusing results. Also, the illustrations are hilarious.
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Summary: blazingly witty!
Review: This book is blazingly witty, hilarious,
and informative!
I have to frequently use a field guide
for my job, so i had to laugh outloud when i first noticed
how much Aiello's book is set up in "field guide format",
complete with illustrations & a Latin species subtitle...only
you don't need to take a year in the dead
language to understand Latin!
Aiello & Shultz have uncanny skill - this is a must buy!
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Summary: Perfect!
Review: this book is freaking GENIUS. the more that i read the more i appreciate and realize how almost "important" it is. like, Aiello NAILS this stuff, and in a way that is just really, really impressive. his language is phenomenal. spread the word. everyone involved should be incredibly proud of this thing. they've summed up a generation or something. unreal. Trust me: buy this book!
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Summary: A must-read for city dwellers!
Review: This book is hilarious, because it's so true! Aiello's descriptions are right-on and witty. Shultz's illustrations complete the book, capturing the various personality types perfectly. These two have obviously done their research, making the book a fun tour of the personalities of Any City, USA.
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Summary: BRILLIANT!
Review: This book is positively incredible. Aiello & Shultz cranked out a book that everyone in their right mind should pick up. A+++++
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Summary: Not "cool" enough
Review: This book is written for people who need to belittle in order to feel good about themselves. Not only is it a waste of paper, it's a waste of time and money. It could have much more interesting and funny, but it was trying too hard. What is so great about the writer? What "catagory" does he fit into?
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Summary: Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book will keep you laughing for days. I can't put it down, I have read thousands of books in my life, and this one without a doubt is the best.
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Summary: The Real Thing...Astounding
Review: This isn't some rushed-to-market, flimsy paperback that reads like it was written over a long weekend. There's real depth here, of the type rarely, if ever, found in a humor book. It seems possible that, were Aiello not so funny, all jokes could be removed and the book could actually function as a serious anthropological survey. As it is, though, the jokes are mindbendingly intelligent, the detail is incredibly thick, and the targets are caught squarely in the author's crosshairs. And don't let the overused term "hipster" fool you, this isn't lazily observed description of downtown slackers. On the contrary, the book manages to skewer Frat Guys, Sorority Girls, the Literati, Models, Urban Moms, and other unexpected types while other so-called "similar" books are content with tossing off a few unoriginal, slightly humorous descriptions of what's going on currently in Brooklyn. This covers the entire country, and does so admirably. Real sweat has been poured over this thing. This is the kind of book you'd cite in the bibliography of a sociological term paper, exept it's damn, damn funny to boot.
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