The few parts I found funny were when he was making fun of radio ads and guys who aggressively rev their engines and his chapter called Sedona Blows where he highlights how ‘awful’ Sedona is and how much no one would ever want to visit such a ‘terrible and ugly place.’ I’ve been there, and I agree… Stay away from Sedona. His humor either relied on obnoxiously worded sentences, an abundance of swear words, use of millennial slang, or name-dropping that didn’t mean anything to me. I love words and big vocabularies so for me to be annoyed by his writing style in this way is saying a lot! His overuse of big and unnecessary words made his attempts at humor quite pretentious. His attempts at humor felt forced and trying-too-hard. I didn’t expect to agree with his politics and would not have minded some of his opinions incorporated into this book.īut man, this book failed on all three accounts:
Though I picked this book to fulfill a reading challenge, I was looking forward to humor and the exploration of national parks and nature.
When you read this book you’ll hear Swanson’s voice- Offerman bears a lot of personality resemblance to his Parks and Rec character.
His pyramid of greatness held a prominent position at my desk when I worked.
If Chris Pratt or Aubrey Plaza ever write a book, I might need to avoid it because both Nick Offerman’s and Amy Poehler’s ( Yes, Please) books were disappointing! This book is Nick Offerman sitting atop his high horse, thesaurus in hand, shouting ‘NUANCE’ and ranting about straight white males, racism, money, Republicans, climate change, Covid, and mass-produced beef in between his frequent use of swear words and Aldo Leopold references and infrequent recountings of national parks. The deer and the antelope took a backseat to Offerman’s pretentious politics that were salivating to get their chance to roam on the range. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
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