History's Greatest Drinking Games: From the Notorious to the Wisely Forgotten by Elliot Martyn
I received a copy from St. Martin's Press through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Socializing while drinking is not a new pastime. If you’ve ever been interested in learning about the history of drinking games, then this might be the book for you! It’s interesting to learn how far back drinking games go back along with any information available about the types of games people played. Now I don’t know about you, but I didn’t know politics were involved with drinking games throughout time, so I think you’re bound to learn some new things!
I really liked that it didn’t just cover drinking games throughout time, but also covered the culture and political history as well. Context is important, so it was great to read about anything I hadn’t previously known that made the games make even more sense. However, it was so expansive at times that I think it should’ve been marketed differently. The official summary makes this sound like it’s going to be a super light and fun read. What you actually get, at least the time that I received the ARC, is an interesting history book that’s information heavy and with very dry writing. I was expecting something different, but this is something I still would’ve picked up even if it wasn’t presented as a silly and fun non-fiction book on a range of drinking games throughout history.
