Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality: Review

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Yes, I enjoy watching Rhett and Link. I stumbled upon them one day while on YouTube and was excited to watch. I enjoy watching their daily talk show Good Mythical Morning. When they announced their book, well I went and bought it, pre-order to get the exciting prize pack.

Also a few months ago I wrote a brief review about their Booklet of Mythicality: the preview for this book!

Rhett & Link’s book is a fun-filled adventure on the journey to mythicality. They define mythicality as “the quality or state of being that embodies a synergistic coalescence of curiosity, creativity, and tomfoolery (sometimes referred to as curiostomfoolity), ideally experienced in the context of friendship and intended to bring goodwill to the universe” (McLaughlin and Neal, 2017, 68). Rhett & Link are two internetainers (yes they enjoy making up words, it’s part of mythicality for them). The two have been friends since first grade and still enjoy being together! #friendgoals

Now that we know what mythicality is let me tell you about this book, it is packed with crazy stories, games, and even mythical merit badges! Each chapter details a different aspect of mythicality. I will not detail each section in this review but let me tell you there are great! (If you couldn’t tell from all the !!!!!). I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book in my very small amount of spare time, like you know last month I didn’t rea much and this book took me almost a month to read.

My Completion Photo!

They write in a single voice for the narration with each interjecting stories and it feels like a conversation with the two of them, each telling parts of the same story or different ones about each aspect of mythicality. The twenty chapters are full of images and exciting ideas, the writing style is fun and well mythical. Rhett & Link’s style shows thorugh, those familiar with them will understand and if you don’t know them well you should check them out on YouTube. My favorite chapters (if I had to choose) would be chapter two “Get Lost” and “Stop and Celebrate.” One of my college roommates and I got lost, for real one time, and called it an adventure. I still take these “adventures” with my sister every now and again, it makes it a lot less scary and more fun! I enjoyed reading the “Stop and Celebrate” chapter because this is something I have difficulty with. Rhett & Link state “[i]t’s easy to get caught up in your responsibilities…” (3300). Their reminder “…that it’s perfectly OK—even recommended—to take time to reflect on personal achievement” is just what I needed as I finish my MLIS degree. I rarely took time out when I finished High School, BA, Credential or got my first job…Well maybe I will try something, even if it is simply an ice cream from our local burger joint.

To see all of the crazy antics in this book and to learn about mythicality yourself check out Rhett & Link! Use the Good Mythical Morning link or search Rhett & Link on YouTube.

References

McLaughlin, R. & Neal, L. (2017). Rhett & Link’s book of mythicality [Kindle edition]. New York: Penguin Random House.