Scathing Book Reviews of The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank, (naturally) is one of those books that I just can’t bring myself to read because of the “depression factor”.  I’ve seen two Film Adaptations of the Diary of Anne Frank and I just can’t bring myself to read the book, because you know, there just isn’t going [...]

Scathing Book Reviews of Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler

You know, even with a site named Scathing Book Reviews, I often feel sorry for the writer who gets pilloried by bad reviews, even though getting a One Star from someone named BigTuna34JerseyBoy on Amazon isn’t the same as getting a nasty review from Michiko Kakutani.  However, in the case of Reviews of Mein Kampf, by [...]

Scathing Book Reviews of 1421: The Year China Discovered America, by Gavin Menzies

1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies is also known as 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, by those unfortunate enough to not live in America. (I keed, I keed…)  Seriously, that is its title overseas, and whether you agree with the thesis of 1421 or not, it’s safe to say that [...]

Scathing Book Reviews of Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

These critical reviews of Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose are pretty heavy artillery, and its worth noting that they’re savaging the book, not the subject. Easy Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment was certainly a “Company of Heroes”, but then again, so were many other units.
My Great Uncle died at the Battle of St. [...]

Scathing Book Reviews of A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People’s History of the United Statesby Howard Zinnwas introduced to me in an interesting manner. I took a course on Documentary Film taught by a former 60’s radical (not exaggerating) who had us watch plenty of Soviet era documentaries and left leaning films. The assigned book? “People’s History”. For a [...]