A Nonfiction Book Called "Freakonomics"

The nonfiction book “Freakonomics” is about both sides of everything. It also explains different views of many things like drug dealers, real-estate agents, names, and many more. I think the authors wrote this book because they jot down some random thoughts and they can’t control the urge of writing them down on paper and eventually making a book out of it. I’m not saying that they didn’t have anything to do; I’m just saying that writing is their passion. Despite writing being their passion, I feel that the book was written inadequately and they left a lot of bad impressions for the readers. The book typically talks about negative stereotypes about people’s race or ethnicity. As a matter of fact, the only chapter that I and my book group in class enjoyed was the last chapter because there are a lot of subliminal messages that can be sought by the names mentioned in the book and they are hilarious.

In the book, there are some parts in each chapter that entertained me and my group mates, like the profanity written between the lines excluding the offensive terms. However, there are also parts in the book that is just plain boring. I’m referring to when a paragraph talks about history and statistic rates. Sometimes there are scenarios where I’m reading through the paragraphs, it suddenly displays charts and as I get into it, I lose focus in what I’m reading. I don’t know, this book can mess with your head if you are not a bookworm. But I have to admit, this book was a great leverage for me to extend my vocabulary, that’s why I can’t count this book out completely. I would highly recommend this book to someone who has an interest in expanding their vocabulary or someone who just likes reading.