Stop Looking at Your Phone
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In an age when we’d rather Instagram our food than eat it, this cheeky, illustrated instruction manual humorously demonstrates how to remove our eyes from our phones and reconnect with the real world.
In an age when we’d rather Instagram our food than eat it, this cheeky, illustrated instruction manual humorously demonstrates how to remove our eyes from our phones and reconnect with the real world.
In his wonderfully deadpan instruction manual for our increasingly device-focused lives, illustrator Son of Alan taps into the strange truth of our obsession with the tiny screen. Revealing how ludicrous we’ve all become, and what wonders lie in stall for us mere inches from our faces, this book will make you want to reclaim your life, your friends, and your family from the tyranny of the backlit screen. Without nagging or preaching, this book uses hilarious but simple illustrations to highlight our universal (and ridiculous) dependence on the cell phone. In Stop Looking at Your Phone, device-driven readers will receive a much needed reminder of the possibilities life offers beyond the digitally enhanced screen.
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date : April 23, 2019
Language : English
Print length : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 1449497535
ISBN-13 : 978-1449497538
Item Weight : 7.4 ounces
Dimensions : 4.5 x 0.6 x 6.5 inches
Book 1 of 1 : Stop Looking at Your Phone
Best Sellers Rank: #3,204,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #595 in Internet & Social Media Humor (Books) #1,219 in Computers & Internet Humor #1,252 in Social Media Guides
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Soumya Gudiyella –
A must read for today’s age and time
Stop Looking at Your Phone by Son of Alan is a satirical book on our phone addiction. It is a graphical adult book with very few words. It has several scenarios where we pick up our phones because we are bored. The book provides a remedy for such situations. A few examples are, enjoy time spent with your child by making eye contact, not just by taking pictures. Enjoy food by keeping your phone aside.This book was the shortest read and I completed in 20 minutes, with a few laughs. A book worth having in your library in today’s age where we are slaves to phones.Thank you to Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the ARC.
Craig Rowland –
People who do not own cell phones have such enriched lives. I do not need an iPhone.
Stop Looking at Your Phone: A Helpful Guide was a humorous book of comics illustrated by Son Of Alan. It was a riot of a read (although there’s really not that much to read), full of ominous scenarios where diverted attention by staring at a cell phone can prove fatal to oneself or others, or at least show the reader that he or she is missing out on an enriched life. I enjoyed laughing through this book, and two of my favourite illustrations are featured below. While I realize the light-heartedness of a collection of cartoons, the sinister part of me that owns two dial phones cannot help but sit royally on my dial throne and shake my finger at all the pathetic people who have sold their souls to the curse of cellular technology. I wonder at how lonely people must be to feel the need to check their phones constantly for messages (look at the illustration below: Social Media Check–15 times). So conditioned are cell phone users to react immediately to their ringtone that they must drop everything to attend to such meaninglessness. Their lives are on hold as they live through tiny screens, taking pictures or videos of events that they will never look at or watch, not even once. They have destroyed the magic of living in the moment. The illustrator, Son Of Alan, showed how much people miss out in life by the distraction of their cell phones. Funny that the last story on the evening news before I turned the TV off to go on-line to post this review was a warning to parents to keep their eyes on their children when they are playing in the water. It is too easy to be distracted by your phone while your children are at the beach or in the pool. What will you do should your child drown? Blame Candy Crush?
River Gram –
glad it was discounted
I bought this book as a deal at $1.29. The list price on the book is $9.99. Honestly, it isn’t even worth $1.29. It gives “advice” on about 15 subjects. Each subject takes two pages, in cartoon form. Do we really need to be told not to use a phone at a restaurant but instead to interact with others at our table? Or not to take photos of your crying baby but to comfort him or her instead? Common sense and basic courtesy are all anyone needs when using a mobile device. This book is going straight to recycling.
Wayne A McCoy –
Short on content, long on pointed satire.
‘Stop Looking at Your Phone’ by Son of Alan is a humorous look at what we miss (or don’t miss) when we are buried in our screens.Told in the same safety infographics as airline seatback instructions, categories like eating and conversing, but there are also pointed ones like being burglarized in your own home because you are too precoccupied. There are other warnings like walking in traffic and making sure your child isn’t crawling on the train tracks.It’s a pretty fast read, but in our preoccupied society, it might be the kind of gentle reminder that a friend or family member needs. I loved the design style and the art and the not so subtle jabs.I received a review copy of this ebook from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
Edna –
The New True
DescriptionIn an age when we’d rather Instagram our food than eat it, this cheeky, illustrated instruction manual humorously demonstrates how to remove our eyes from our phones and reconnect with the real world.In his wonderfully deadpan instruction manual for our increasingly device-focused lives, illustrator Son of Alan taps into the strange truth of our obsession with the tiny screen. Revealing how ludicrous we’ve all become, and what wonders lie install for us mere inches from our faces, this book will make you want to reclaim your life, your friends, and your family from the tyranny of the backlit screen. Without nagging or preaching, this book uses hilarious but simple illustrations to highlight our universal (and ridiculous) dependence on the cell phone. In Stop Looking at Your Phone, device-driven readers will receive a much-needed reminder of the possibilities life offers beyond the digitally enhanced screen.Funny, sarcastic and true on point. It had to be said!! Enjoyed it.
Kristine Fisher –
Stop Looking at Your Phone
Stop Looking at Your Phone by Son of Alan is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late April.This book seems to suffer from a mismatched, cheery cover that doesn’t bely its content well, which are PSA-like illustrations and use of Tahoma & Arial font on what and what not to do in your social life, basically anything instead of using your phone, like conversing face-to-face, engaging with other people, eating your food after it’s served to you, and being aware of your surroundings.
Theresa M –
This just works. Love the toilet scenario. so true!! the author should consider making these into greetings cards.Bought this for a secret Santa at work but will probably give it to my boyfriend instead. (if only for the toilet one!)
Andy A –
Looks good, bought as a gift.
barb –
I bought this as a present it arrived promptly. I’m pleased with it
itsareviewting –
Absolute rubbish. Don’t waste your money, simple pictures with repetitive themes. Avoid.