Adem reviewed The truth (with jokes) by Al Franken
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3 stars
Just got this back from a friend I'd lent it to after reading it when it came out, and re-read it over the weekend. Franken's writing style makes it easy to blow through a book over a few days. Like Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, which was heavier on the funny and lighter on the serious stuff, The Truth is an entertaining book, but not a great one. If you agree with Franken (which I do), you're going to laugh at the jokes he sprinkles into his presentation of facts with which you're probably already mostly familiar. If you don't agree with him (and I'm glaring at you right now, whoever you are!), you're probably going to be put off by his mockery of everything Republican and pay less attention to the facts. Don't get me wrong, I dig Al Franken's political comedy to a degree …
Just got this back from a friend I'd lent it to after reading it when it came out, and re-read it over the weekend. Franken's writing style makes it easy to blow through a book over a few days. Like Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, which was heavier on the funny and lighter on the serious stuff, The Truth is an entertaining book, but not a great one. If you agree with Franken (which I do), you're going to laugh at the jokes he sprinkles into his presentation of facts with which you're probably already mostly familiar. If you don't agree with him (and I'm glaring at you right now, whoever you are!), you're probably going to be put off by his mockery of everything Republican and pay less attention to the facts. Don't get me wrong, I dig Al Franken's political comedy to a degree surpassed only by how much I dig Jon Stewart's, but if you're not already in his camp, you're probably not going to be converted by his jokes, and there are better places to get a history of the GOP corruption he outlines.
