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A review by nathanjhunt
The Worst In The World by Terry Deary
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.25
This was my 48th book finished in 2025.
I liked the idea for this book; it was more varied than the usual. Although, some things aren't even explained - okay, so this is the worst of history, but why is it the worst? There's surprisingly little detail or explanations sometimes.
It also seems completely pointless to have a bronze, silver and gold ranking because they seem completely arbitrary - often bronze or silver is 'worse' than gold. And whilst we're on these lines, why do they rank from gold to bronze, surely you'd make a list of bronze to gold? Unless the editors got it the wrong way round, thus explaining my earlier complaint?
Anyway, it was alright but very surface level at times.
I liked the idea for this book; it was more varied than the usual. Although, some things aren't even explained - okay, so this is the worst of history, but why is it the worst? There's surprisingly little detail or explanations sometimes.
It also seems completely pointless to have a bronze, silver and gold ranking because they seem completely arbitrary - often bronze or silver is 'worse' than gold. And whilst we're on these lines, why do they rank from gold to bronze, surely you'd make a list of bronze to gold? Unless the editors got it the wrong way round, thus explaining my earlier complaint?
Anyway, it was alright but very surface level at times.