Admit it, at some point at another you may have laughed at a friend who slipped and fell instead of lending a helping hand for him to get up. Maybe you have enjoyed seeing the just desserts served up to your rival at work.
Whatever it may be, we humans have a tendency to be gleeful when something goes wrong to another. If you want to continue on that slant, this book was possibly written just for you! 🤣
The term schadenfreude is a German word meaning "pleasure taken in someone else's misfortune". Delighting in other people's ill luck is an undeniable part of the modern psyche.
This slightly naughty book compiles scores of schadenfreude moments, many of which are sure to provide cheer, such as heiress Paris Hilton facing a jail sentence for driving on a suspended licence or Olympian showboat Lindsey Jacobellis losing the snowboarding gold medal.
Filled with the missteps and downfalls of the famous and not so famous, this book taps into our universal longing to gawk and smirk at the people who stand for all of us.
I'm sorry to say that I was laughing out loud for most of the gaffes in this book. Though I feel remorseful, at that moment I just couldn't seem to pity some of those bumbling individuals. All in all, this book was a hoot!
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