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the_jesus_fandom's review against another edition
funny
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
This book gets surprisingly deep at times, enough to make me emotional, and it's always super relatable. There are also enough parts that are genuinely funny, but do expect more serious contemplations in this one. I underlined so many quotes that I really can't all put them in here, but here as some faves:
"A hatchet and a gun are the only intermediaries through which you could convey your meaning by this time."
"She was feeling annoyed with men generally. I do not blame her, I feel annoyed with them myself sometimes."
"Women have many faults, but, thank God, they have on redeeming virtue - they are none of them faultless."
"The fires of persecution served as torches to show Heaven the heroism that was in man."
"...one knows the character of magpies, or rather their lack of character"
One other thing: The author mentions Tom and Jerry (the main character in a book was "own cousin to Tom and Jerry") and I can't find anything about who they might have been and whether they were actually a famous duo or just random names JKJ decided to come up with.
"A hatchet and a gun are the only intermediaries through which you could convey your meaning by this time."
"She was feeling annoyed with men generally. I do not blame her, I feel annoyed with them myself sometimes."
"Women have many faults, but, thank God, they have on redeeming virtue - they are none of them faultless."
"The fires of persecution served as torches to show Heaven the heroism that was in man."
"...one knows the character of magpies, or rather their lack of character"
One other thing: The author mentions Tom and Jerry (the main character in a book was "own cousin to Tom and Jerry") and I can't find anything about who they might have been and whether they were actually a famous duo or just random names JKJ decided to come up with.
pavlinas's review against another edition
2.0
Re-reading po cca 20 letech. Už mi přišlo příliš moc shovívavého nadhledu intelektuálních mužů nad pošetilými ženuškami, byť míněno v dobrém. Londýnské postřehy jsou pořád milé a svěží.
jmeston's review
2.0
Very mild fun. Good just before sleep reading! Turn of the 20th cent. newspaper writing with more sentimentality than humor. Deservedly less well known than the 3 Men books. I think there's another collection after this one. Don't think I'll search it out.
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