Simon Briscoe

Did not finish—skimmed the first 80 pages, then gave up. Rates the validity of various things people worry about. Many of the worries are expected ones (disease, natural disasters), but some are odd (being crushed by a giant art installation?). It is a subject that interests me, but this book just didn't work. I found it boring and confusing. The rating system is vague and undefined.

I knew when picking up this book that it was written by a journalist and therefore not necessary that deep, but I was disappointed by the shallowness nonetheless. I'm not sure I'm quite as down-to-earth, not-panicking type as I like to think I am, but couldn't help but feel it was utter waste of time for me to read it.