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A review by helenfrench
F*** You Very Much: The surprising truth about why people are so rude by Danny Wallace
4.0
A book about rudeness that really shouldn't need the F*** You title to get attention.
I enjoyed this slightly rambling foray into the psychology of rudeness. Wallace's 'inciting incident' - a server yelling at him about an hour-long wait for a hotdog - is both mild and rude enough to evoke sympathy and help readers 'get' what the book is about, ie not only why people are rude, but why we can't help but react emotionally - and while we can carry about feelings of anger about rudeness for so long.
Rudeness is contagious, he says, and I can see that for myself. One act of rudeness leads to someone feeling mistreated, who goes on to be rude to someone else and so on. But does anyone feel better afterwards? Unlikely.
I particularly liked the story of Wallace coming face-to-face with a Twitter troll - who hasn't dreamt of revenge upon someone who was WRONG ON THE INTERNET?
I enjoyed this slightly rambling foray into the psychology of rudeness. Wallace's 'inciting incident' - a server yelling at him about an hour-long wait for a hotdog - is both mild and rude enough to evoke sympathy and help readers 'get' what the book is about, ie not only why people are rude, but why we can't help but react emotionally - and while we can carry about feelings of anger about rudeness for so long.
Rudeness is contagious, he says, and I can see that for myself. One act of rudeness leads to someone feeling mistreated, who goes on to be rude to someone else and so on. But does anyone feel better afterwards? Unlikely.
I particularly liked the story of Wallace coming face-to-face with a Twitter troll - who hasn't dreamt of revenge upon someone who was WRONG ON THE INTERNET?