Interesting Facts Curious Minds Mind Blowing Reviews Summary

Book Quality

Pros:

• "Bought for 12yr old. Full of facts, both usual and unusual. Will stimulate any youngsters interest and expand their outlook, on things."
• "If you ever want to impress your friends or, perhaps, play your hand at a round of Jeopardy, then this is the training tool for you!"
• "One of the things that I enjoyed the most about this book is that it takes topics from a bunch of different areas of science, art, and history."
• "Scott has a fun way of presenting interesting facts and idioms."
• "This collection of 1572 facts takes you on an exhilarating journey through the corridors of history, the wonders of science, and the vibrant landscapes of pop culture."
• "Do you enjoy being the person who knows everything about everything? Then Interesting Facts For Curious Minds is for you!"
• "Prepare to be captivated and enlightened! 'Interesting Facts For Curious Minds' is an absolute treasure trove of mind-expanding information."

Cons:

• "Very cheap feeling book - poor quality paper, cover, poor layout, and no copy editing."
• "It's a series of checklists which seem clever, but the book is amateurish and pathetically lacking any scholarship."
• "I am so disappointed. This is clearly a book that someone's knocked up in a word doc and uploaded on Amazon."
• "The book arrived poorly printed. Starting at page 95. Some pages were half printed."
• "This book was printed using cheap paper and print."
• "Cheaply printed, just pages and pages of facts that are poorly presented making it very uninteresting for my 12 year old."
• "This 'book' is basically a list of bullets. Very poor quality."

Content Appropriateness

Pros:

• "To those who reviewed appalled at the mention of drugs and other hard to swallow topics, I'm sorry you would rather be offended than learn a thing or two. I find it suitable for teens despite what others say."
• "Fun, interesting, amazing things in this book. Bought it for the grandkids, but I have enjoyed the parts I've read myself."
• "Whether you're a history buff, a science enthusiast, or just someone with a curious mind, you're bound to find countless nuggets of fascinating information to pique your interest."
• "I love these book because it gives up many facts for the curious minds."
• "Great book if you don't have much time to read, but also good as a family quiz night general knowledge book. Suitable for 12yrs+."
• "This book proved to be a treasure trove of mind-blowing facts about history, science, pop culture, and everything in between."
• "We’ll written with some interesting and enlightening facts."

Cons:

• "Some of the content is not appropriate for the '10' age specification."
• "Bought this for my 7 year old nephew's birthday. Shocked to read so much sexual content that has no place in a children's book."
• "Inappropriate for young children. Bought this for my niece for Christmas, and I flipped through it right before wrapping to stumble upon an inappropriate blurb about sex under the 'Til Death Do Us Part' chapter."
• "The book should not be advertised for kids/age group 10+. It has many adult content sections - sex, drugs, alcohol - facts that young 'curious minds' should not be reading."
• "This book is not appropriate for children aged 10 as advertised it talks about drugs/overdoses, sex and violence."
• "Book is advertised as being a children's book however it is NOT appropriate for children of any age."
• "Very Angry and disappointed !!! Purchased this book for my 9 year old son after searching on Amazon forage appropriate books only for him to discover facts about 'KINKY SEX' and 'drug and alcohol use'."

Design and Layout

Pros:

• "Nice cover artwork, simple layout."
• "The cover is beautiful and makes the book look like it would be engaging."
• "Engaging cover. It draws you in and makes you want to read it just by looking at the cover."
• "Talk about a conversation starter! This is the perfect coffee table book. Strange and wonderful facts about a variety of subjects."
• "This book is a 'dive in' classic. Whenever you have some time to fill, open it up to any page, read and be entertained."
• "The book itself has a colourful front cover."
• "This is actually a rather thick book. Very nice thick paper and the print is large enough for someone wearing glasses to read."

Cons:

• "I assumed this would be a fun trivia style book for kids. Instead it was a horribly bland (no pictures:illustrations or even interesting text boxes)."
• "The layout is literally pages of bullet points in large font."
• "I wish I could have seen a preview of the inside of the book. There are no pictures or any features to provide visual interest."
• "After seeing the cover I assumed this book that seems to be targeted toward children would be filled with illustrations on every page but it is not."
• "The book would be a bit more interesting with some illustrations."
• "This book has some slapdash formatting. It's just one enormous paragraph over every page!"
• "Really poor design - just pages of bullet pointed text with the occasional black and white illustration - like clip art."