Despite the terrible acting, ridiculous antagonists, and gaping plot holes, I find myself oddly attracted to bad horror movies. I constantly find myself surfing the channels only to check our SyFy's next blockbuster flop. When I came across Andrew Shaffer's How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters, I assumed I would be reading a definitive survival guide to all of the crazies monsters and apocalyptic events this television station broadcasts. Well, you know what they say about assuming...
I have much difficult calling this book a book. If anything, it's nothing more than a list of SyFy's most well known movies, with some brief descriptions and humor that only the author could have found funny. Most science fiction type survival books I have read have been able to successfully combine outlandish scenarios with real life survival tips. Shaffer not only failed to combine these two very different things, he did a poor job just focusing on discussing each monster and cataclysmic storm. Frankly, being told to kick Mothman in his moth balls was just not all that entertaining.
When I read these types of book, I am not looking to be simply entertained; I am looking to have an intelligent conversation about not so intelligent topics. Give me a real reason to fear a cave bear. Give me a real reason to want to prepare myself to tackle a Mongolian earthworm. I would have even simply settled for a few good jokes here and there.
I was not given any of these things.
I was given a glorified TV Guide of SyFy's movies.
Do I recommend this book?
No, not at all.
I received this book for the Blogging for Books program in exchange for an honest review.
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