“It has some glimmers of interest, and some diverting visuals, but really nothing makes up for the laborious pace and risibly bad writing.”

“In the 1990s property-and-casualty policies were reinsured at risibly low cost. September 11th was not the only blow to reinsurers last year.”

“In a pathetic little enclosure in Edinburgh Zoo, risibly done up to resemble a scrap of rural China, the suffering of the giant pandas continues.”