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leerazer's review against another edition
3.0
Some were funny, some weren't. That's cartoon humor for you. My favorites:
Trial Balloons in Apartment 3-B (Mom: "Lentils - a tasty, inexpensive alternative to meat.")
Hoax Ethnic Food food cart ("New York's Only Kwzntueaaian Cuisine")
Schadenfruede Monthly magazine cover ("Obnoxious Heiress's Cosmetic Surgery Goes Horribly Wrong! Scads of gruesome pictures, pages 11-15")
The NRA's Written Test for a Gun License ("I'm all for gun safety, but _____________________________ (use reverse side if necessary)" )
The Big Book of Parent-Child Fights (Chapter 1, Food Arguments - page 1. Chapter 2, Bedtime Feuds - page 832.)
Sudden Genius catalog ("#3188: Russian Headbox. Russian mystics have long known that putting one's head in a box concentrates the cranial aura. Easy to use, safe, 100% effective. $124.99")
The Daily Bugle newspaper (Headlines: "$165 Billion!!! Huge Amount of Money! No Doubt About It!" "$80 Billion. Not As Impressive As It Once Was." "$5 Billion. *Yawn*" "$400 Million. So What?" "$100 Million. Nobody Cares.")
Woodwork Clothes catalog. ("#638: Nothing-Special Skirt. How many times have you wanted to just disappear completely? Order your skirt in Ignore, Vague, and Goodbye.")
Trial Balloons in Apartment 3-B (Mom: "Lentils - a tasty, inexpensive alternative to meat.")
Hoax Ethnic Food food cart ("New York's Only Kwzntueaaian Cuisine")
Schadenfruede Monthly magazine cover ("Obnoxious Heiress's Cosmetic Surgery Goes Horribly Wrong! Scads of gruesome pictures, pages 11-15")
The NRA's Written Test for a Gun License ("I'm all for gun safety, but _____________________________ (use reverse side if necessary)" )
The Big Book of Parent-Child Fights (Chapter 1, Food Arguments - page 1. Chapter 2, Bedtime Feuds - page 832.)
Sudden Genius catalog ("#3188: Russian Headbox. Russian mystics have long known that putting one's head in a box concentrates the cranial aura. Easy to use, safe, 100% effective. $124.99")
The Daily Bugle newspaper (Headlines: "$165 Billion!!! Huge Amount of Money! No Doubt About It!" "$80 Billion. Not As Impressive As It Once Was." "$5 Billion. *Yawn*" "$400 Million. So What?" "$100 Million. Nobody Cares.")
Woodwork Clothes catalog. ("#638: Nothing-Special Skirt. How many times have you wanted to just disappear completely? Order your skirt in Ignore, Vague, and Goodbye.")
estellabelle92's review against another edition
4.0
Both my son & I laughed over this book. I was familiar with Chast from the New Yorker and her fabulous book, "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant" which I have foisted on many people.
Lots of fun, laughs, and sarcastic wit. Enjoy!
Lots of fun, laughs, and sarcastic wit. Enjoy!
library_brandy's review against another edition
4.0
entertaining enough, but a little much to read all in one sitting. I don't think I'm the right demographic for a lot of the humor yet.
natep's review against another edition
3.0
Most garnered a chuckle. No lols and no cricket chirping ones.
sionnac's review
funny
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Some of the cartoons made me laugh out loud. Or guffaw. Thanks Roz!
bookishheather's review
3.0
Roz Chast has been my favorite New Yorker cartoonist for years, but I read [b:Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?|18594409|Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?|Roz Chast|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1421087235s/18594409.jpg|26340807] first which might have spoiled me for the rest of her books. [Except for the one co-authored by Steve Martin because, well, STEVE MARTIN!] This particular book is a collection of her (mostly) one-off cartoons ca. 2004. While I enjoyed the book and tried to slow down and break up the cartoonage over several nights, I didn't enjoy them quite as much as a larger unit as I expected I would. There were a few that, having read the more autobiographical piece, I suspect were drawn directly from her life, but otherwise seeing them as a collection made me appreciate each one a little less than I might have otherwise. Strange, huh? At any rate, the biggest laugh from me came on the very last page, with a simple cartoon titled "A Note On the Type" that featured three average people giving their most perplexed shrugs. :D I'll always love you, Roz Chast!
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