Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Emma Byrne’s book, Swearing is Good For You.

Swearing is Good for You by: Emma Byrne: This book took the reader on a journey of swearing, what parts of the brain swearing effects, how it can affect our pain tolerance, the places in which we swear and how that can be a benefit, the differences between men and women swearing and the nuances swearing carries in other languages. The reader thought this was a little underwhelming in terms of content. They thought this would be more insightful and interesting, but it was just an alright read. The things that Byrne talked about were engaging, but it got to a point during some of the chapters where the reader forgot what the point of the chapter was. For example, in the chapter where she talked about other primates swearing, it was a long drawn out chapter on training chimps, that we almost forgot we were talking about them swearing and using bad language. Also, the reader isn’t sure how knowing that other species can swear, makes it better for us. It was kind of a mid-book turn that felt like it had very little relevance to the point Byrne was trying to make. Or the chapter on Tourette’s Syndrome, a syndrome that is known for its tics and random, uncontrollable outbursts of swearing. Byrne even admits it shouldn’t be a chapter in her book, yet it’s there, and the reader wasn’t sure why it was added. It felt like Byrne added it because she felt she had to. The other chapters, the reader could see how the argument, swearing is good for us could be made, but they mostly went into details that only really suggested it, and didn’t feel truly concrete. The reader still liked this, but they didn’t really feel like they learned anything new. In the end, it was a short read with some interesting topics.