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Book Of The Bizarre (2008)

by Varla Ventura(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1578634377 (ISBN13: 9781578634378)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Weiser Books

review 1: This book was a great laugh and an enjoyable experience altogether. Varla Ventura has an amazing way of finding incredibly strange facts and piecing them together into a pile of pages wrapped in cardboard. Some of the stories I had heard, and some I hadn't. "Stories, you say?" Yes. This is not a chapter book or a book containing a strict storyline. There is no main story, no main characters, and nothing is very consistent throughout this book. I love to read chapter books, but I recently have been reading different kinds of books. There was really no part in this book in which I got bored and every single page was filled with vivid and descriptive words that really brought the stories to life. My favorite section of the book was the ghost stories. I personally believe that... more there are ghosts or spirits on Earth, and I find it incredibly interesting to read about them, but regardless of whether or not you believe in ghosts, I'm sure you'll find this book interesting and enjoyable to read. This kind of book inspires me to write because it proves that books can be written how ever the author wants them to be and that there are no strict rules regarding how you can write a book. I'm sure Varla had fun writing this book. Another thing I like about this book is the author's choice of vocabulary. There are some really big words in this book, and I find it interesting to actually look up the meanings. I really loved this book. If you get the chance to pick it up and flip through it, I'm sure you'll want to hang on to it. This is definitely a "bizarre" book that I recommend to any bored adult or teenager!
review 2: Ha-ha! Loved. Some really great trivia of the weird in here, including some stuff I actually didn't know. The highlights: midwives in Europe used to burn placentas to see how many times they popped, (the number of pops was said to indicate the number of children a woman would have) James Dean's porsche was thought to be cursed, and King George V was euthanized to meet newspaper/funeral deadlines (the royal physician agreed to do it so neither typesetters nor dignitaries would have to alter their plans to announce and mourn the death of the king in the coming days.) less

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