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Review title: Painfully entertaining
Product review: When taken in small doses the reader will find "The Darwin Awards" sometimes hilarious, sometimes unbelievable, but almost always entertaining. One real weakness of the book is that the reader has to sift through Northcutt's banal chapter introductions to get to the "good stuff". Many times the introductions are just needless fluff. We KNOW these people did amazingly dumb things or they wouldn't be in the book!That aside, the stories about the award winners definitely overcome Northcutt's limitations as an author. (Maybe she should have thought about just being the "editor".) The chapters are well constructed and cover just about every imaginable subject under the sun. Particularily good are the chapters on "Animal Adventures" and "Fire and Explosion". As you read the book you'll do a lot of head-shaking - how CAN people be this stupid sometimes?If you enjoy reading about the misfortunes of others or just need a good laugh now and then, give this book a try. 3 and 1/2 stars.
