Review: This Book Stinks!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
"Caveman Farts - The Story of the First Stinky Fart" by J.B. O'Neil is a book that I can honestly say, stinks. Now that I've gotten that horrible pun out of the way, I'll try to review the book. I'm not particularly enamored of the topic of this book, but it caught my attention when I saw that it offered a free MP3 Audiobook version you can download after you buy the book. Since the book itself was also free, I didn't really see how I could go wrong. Instructions for downloading the Audiobook were inside the book itself, and they were quite easy to follow. It was a new experience for me, listening to an Audiobook while following along in the book on my Kindle, but it was interesting, to say the least... especially since the Audiobook offered an opportunity for appropriate (?) sound effects to be added.I'm somewhat ambivalent about the book, which is just one of several on the same subject, or on boogers, by this author. I seriously doubt I'll ever listen to the Audiobook again. The book offered one very fictitious account of how "farts" came into being, but the scenario described was highly unlikely, although rather creative. I have no doubt pre-adolescent boys in particular will laugh their butts off, before degenerating into an impromptu farting competition. So I guess if you are a pre-adolescent boy, go for it. I wouldn't want to be in a tent with a bunch of those boys, though.Elderly folks, church organists, bank Presidents, High School Cheerleaders, etc., will probably act disgusted, even if they secretly think it's funny. This isn't rocket science. But everybody needs a little levity once in awhile, so if this is something you think would amuse you in the privacy of your own home, behind locked doors, you won't get an argument from me. Just go ahead and get it! Especially if it's still free.