The Author is a Moron
933493
Some of the author's "tips" were amazingly ludicrous, such as tip #329:  Get a sex change operation (this is not a joke).  Mr. Pond suggests that undergoing a sex change operation is a viable way to account for an allowable medical expense in order to save on income tax.  Or how about tip #431:  Fall in love with someone who is rich or affluent.  Or maybe tip #434:  Always use a condom.  And how about tip #447:  Never take financial responsibility for anything that eats.  Clearly the author, Mr. Jonathan Pond, is a complete idiot, because he could have trimmed down the 1001 tips to one - that being the best way to save money in this miserable life is to end it.  He appears to hate life, a sentiment easily grasped by the reader based on his so-called tips.  I am very glad I bought this used and for less than a dollar.  I will donate it to my fireplace in the coming winter, in order to save on heating expenses.  That is tip #1002 and I give it to you free of charge.
411165
Having just finished reading several excellent books and about a dozen reputable studies on how we manage our garbage, I can't even take this author seriously. The book is written in a manner I would expect from a screaming tweenager, if the excessive adjectives and adverbs were removed it would be about 50 pages long. The bias is blatant and most of the science is bogus and well-refuted. It is this kind of Neo-green, alarmist writing and film making that is destroying the credibility of the science of environmentalism. There is much better reading out there on this subject.
1541866
This person who wrote this book is like a snake with a venom. She judges pple by their outward appearance and also without knowing fact would like to Judge pple.. So I don't think what ever she write is readable.. only ignorant pple will read the book and appreciate it.

Better avoid if you don't want to think like a loser!!..
1203536
Don't bother...this author is an idiot!!! Other than that, he's brilliant!!! Also, this book is not worth the listing on Amazon...pure poop!!!
3641039
The author may think he's giving great advice.  Unfortunately, anyone who tries to use his knowledge is going to probably end up in prison.  I really tried to give this book a chance.  But, it's clear the author does not know science.  Does not know his fellow man.  Does not know how to truly survive.  Replacing fuses.. umm.. what about the alternator?  Living in a sub basement to hide from the neighbors?  Breaking into houses to make sure that your the only person on the block.. and killing anyone that is alive? WTF?? Save your time.  I'm sorry, I wasted mine on this drivel.
3852378
It's a great area to tackle: the tiresome need to smile in America. But it's the wrong author. Instead of a reasoned, interesting, curious investigation, Barbara Ehrenreich has written what might be the most shallow book of the year. She gets everything wrong. She mixes up facts, she equates William James with Dale Carnegie, she tries to imply that positive thinking in health is the same as positive thinking in the economy, she misquotes, and worst, she didn't do the necessary reading: She doesn't even mention the best book on the subject of health and attitude, Anne Harrington's "The Cure Within." All in all, this book reads like something a terrifically smart twelfth grader might patch together over a caffeine-soaked weekend. Such a shame, because this is a subject that could use a smart writer.

Interesting that someone who sees such a surfeit of positive thinking has written a book that has generated such a spate of negative reviews. Epic irony.
2358158
the author seems condescending, and possibly delusional. the author's note insisting the story is true and the fiction label a formality. the author, clearly assuming the reader is too stupid to figure out that he intends to write the book from multiple perspectives - which results in yet another author's note. the insistence that being a social worker and a writer makes him, somehow, super special and able to grasp the feelings, thoughts and motives of others. just .. do not waste a moment on this crapfest, you'll never get it back and life is too short to waste any of it.
3649236
Racist, misogynistic, annoying, unfunny waste of paper and the reader's time. What a terrible person the author is.
960845
I had heard this book recommended several times so I started reading it enthusiastically.
I soon realized that the authors believe the reader is not only ignorant of the subject, which is okay, but stupid as well, which is insulting.

If you think Fruit Loops are good for you and read at a second grade level, perhaps this book is for you.

A note to the authors: Darwinian Evolution is a theory. Referring to it on virtually every page as a proven fact does not make it true.
723281
This collection of words on paper is absolute garbage - A book about monogamy written by a man-baby who does not understand love. The word is literally used twice in the first 135 pages (I counted.) This fool wrote a book about love and doesnt even understand the concept. Sex, lust, self-affirmation, trust, companionship all these tangential issues get tossed about and explored, though the authors vocabulary is incomplete and inexperienced. Would one trust a blind-mans opinion of a painting? Same idea here from this egotistic philanderer.

Readers should understand the backdrop of this work: The book is written by a millionaire rock-n-roll Malibu journalist who is having intimacy issues with his Mexican supermodel girlfriend who is decades younger than him. Hmmm The only person wondering why any of this is an issue is the moron himself, who then proceeds to drag the reader through hundreds of pages of inane self-help and sex fantasies in his purported quest for the truth. This dork is so full of himself that he binds the book in white leather as a faux Bible.

The work is not interesting, provocative, intelligent or humorous. Its definitely long, boring, unfocused and redundant. And given its misplaced knowledge-base, it arguably makes the more susceptible and ignorant readers all the dumber from its vapid revelations.

The book is not an objective overview and analysis of an intriguing subject, but is more akin to a memoir penned by a self-absorbed imbecile filming a vlog on their selfie-stick. Ive ready many bad books in my time, but few are as infuriatingly stupid and anger-inducing as this one.
1895687
Read the book description on the Amazon product page. It's an excerpt from chapter one. There you can see the author's incompetence in the nuances of the English language/vocabulary. The book is ludicrous.
395559
After reading this book one paragraph sticks out about the section on the male testicles.  He states that "wasting" the male sperm causes senility and overall weakness.  He goes on to state thats the reason why we have marriage and adultry laws in the USA.  What planet does this moron live?  He states he is a doctor but beleives that drivel?  I could see if this was written in the 1880's.

Book is a total waste.
1856557
This book is well researched, and there's no going around that. But it was also written by someone with such a bad command of the english language that the good research doesn't really matter. The book is basically a series of repetitive, overused anecdotes intermittent with preachy remarks. He cites the same stories, and makes the same points over and over again, chapter after chapter, to the point where you begin to question why you're still reading.

And what's all this for? Why did he spend the hundreds of hours required to write a book like this? So he can give readers common-sense advice, like "don't let your children do drugs," or "don't give them guns." In other words, this book is best suited for people with absolutely no common sense, or who don't mind terrible writing and blatant oversimplification. I know you can buy this book for one cent on amazon, but I wouldn't even bother to do that. If i could take this purchase back, I definitely would.

It's a shame too, because I think anyone with a bit more intellect or depth could've taken this research, drawn some interesting conclusions, and it would've made a pretty interesting book. But this certainly isn't that.
68274
This is one of the most poorly organized, meandering, and redundant books I have ever read.

The author states that he chose to write a full-length book because he believes that written literature is the best way to convey long, complex arguments. This may be true, but he fails to realize that his argument is far from complex, and the entire book suffers from a severe lack of substance. Instead of a work of "pop nonfiction" he could--and should--have summed up his thoughts in a single blog post.

At first I found the author's argument of the "sleeper curve" somewhat compelling, but by the end of the book I realized that such a poorly written piece of literature could only have existed alongside today's ever-rising "sleeper curve." In fact, the irony is that the book is directly marketed to "sleepers," and is therefore part of the phenomenon it attempts to dissect.

TL;DR: Everything is Bad is Good for You is a book for dumb people about how it's OK to be dumb because dumb people today are smarter than dumb people fifty years ago.
1518657
This moron thought it would be a good idea to go plug his book on an atheist Facebook group. This is what you get, moron.
2483578
The author of this book cannot string words together to form a proper sentence. He posts ads for his book in random groups and then berates his potential customers. Not worth it.
4440505
One can only assume that the author has 19 fake online personae, or that many dear, dear friends, because this book does not deserve to be published, let alone kindly reviewed. It's high-school level writing. Start with the author's inability to maintain a consistent point of view, which is remedial for an actual professional writer. Then add in all of the countless details that a blind person, the one supposedly telling the story, couldn't possibly know. Toss in ridiculous metaphors, a tone-deaf ear for the sound of language, and regular typos, and you have "Farsighted."

And oh yeah, the plot is about a BLIND person who SEES things that others don't. Get it? Wow, that's original. I suspect her next book will be about a father/son or mother/daughter who magically switch places and learn new things about themselves and each other.