The Mincing Mockingbird: Guide to Troubled Birds

My daughter had this on her Wish List so I purchased it for her birthday. I was embarrassed to give it to her because it felt as if someone had read it while eating, or worse, using the toilet. Little particles of something were on the outside. I was able to clean some of it off but not all. I would recommend the book, it's a fun concept; but if you're planning to gift it to someone, be sure to look it over first.

This book is a blast for people to look through their first time. The risque one-liners are what really make this book shine. The single page stories on the other hand are just ok but pretty forgetful.

Oh, these birbs have seen such troubles and they yearn to tell you all about it! The paintings are a lovely complement to the hilarious captions!

Full of goofs, gaffs, and a bunch of fun quotes :) My copy is in storage right now but I used to love to pull it out and scan through it whenever my eyes landed on it in my room!

Guide to Troubled Birds gets me through everything. It is the bee's knees, the cat's pajamas, the best thing since sliced bread. It keeps me going when the going has gone on a vacation and decided to leave me stranded.I actually use this book as a judgment of peoples character and if they're compatible with my slightly deranged (who am I kidding, fully deranged) sense of humor and sense of self. It is my way to pick out the ones that I can really let go with. See who can handle it. One could say that I'm a tad bit obsessed with birds.I quote this damn book so much that it's obscene. It doesn't help that I work at RISD's nature lab and interact with taxidermy birds all the time. Those birds have so much personality now. And there may or may not be over 100 of them. I don't get out much. It's okay. At least I have my feathered friends.And the art is glorious - Mincing Mockingbird captures their deranged personalities so wonderfully. Those delicate birds with even more delicate psyches (but lets be real here, owls are anything but delicate. They feast on fear for fun)But PHEW. THIS BOOK IS A GIFT TO ALL HUMANITY. DON'T EVEN HESITATE. JUMP ON IT. BUY THIS BEAUTIFUL TOME AND WELCOME IT INTO YOUR LIVES.

Really funny, off beat somewhat dark humored vignettes of life through the eyes of some very troubled birds!!!

Edgy, dark humor is what you'll find in this book.

It is funny don't get me wrong, but as the book goes on it gets too dark for my liking. Odd poetry that is just dark and not funny at all, or violent.There are gems, that I do find funny, but other parts serm like an inside joke that I was not told about.

I bought this as a birthday gift for a friend and it made for a hilarious little read. It's comprised of paintings of birds with amusing captions, and then a short "story" based upon those. They range from downright laugh out loud funny to a little bit weird - it's the kind of book you'd keep on the coffee table for a guest to flick through and laugh at. The illustrations are lovely and the cover looks great, but it doesn't really have an re-read value and is quite short.

Once upon a time I used screenshots of this book to ascend to the lofty heights of "popular post on tumblr among fans of a relatively well liked anime series". Now that the second series is being released I purchased the book in order to rehash my fame and glimpse the halcyon days of 2016. Ah, to be respected by anonymous strangers once more.The book is beautiful and funny, with short stories of the titular 'troubled birds' interspersed among drawings and insightful quotes, or less-sightful in the case of the hummingbird. Not a timeless adventure, and not something that will distract you for a long time, but a better coffee-table conversation-starter than an actual bird.

My 15 year old son seems to find this book funny and it takes a lot to tickle his funny bone. He's even encouraged me to have a read, but I'm yet to do so. He tells me it's worth the money.

Hilarious! A quick read but a good laugh.

Not everyone will get this. Disturbed sense of humour required. Had me crying with laughter. Wish there had been more pages.