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Book Review of The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set the Course of History

The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set the Course of History
The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set the Course of History
Author: Dan Karlan, Allan Lazar, Jeremy Salter
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Reference, Nonfiction, Humor & Entertainment
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 5


After waiting a long time for this book to pop to the top of my wishlist, I ultimately found it disappointing. The list of characters seems arbitrarily chosen and the writing has a very forced humor that usually falls flat. The authors often neglect to make any sort of case for a character's inclusion on the list. And some of the characters seem too obscure to me to be a legitimate inclusion, such as Nora Helmer from the play A Doll's House, or The Wandering Jew.

I would have preferred a more scholarly book, with a little more thought and more exploration of the real influence of each character.



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