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aftaerglows's review against another edition
4.0
sto ridendo da tre ore per "prostatan, menopausin, piattolax". sono una persona semplice
ajkhn's review against another edition
2.0
Eco talking about things. Some of the stories are pretty bland. Occasionally there's a fun one. But no real new territory.
paperpix's review against another edition
4.0
Loved most and disliked a few. But the ones I liked were bloody brilliant!
alskn's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.75
ikuo1000's review against another edition
2.0
I just re-read this book, which I first read maybe 10 years ago. I'm not sure why, but before re-reading it, I had it in my head that it was a really great book, and I gave it 4 stars from memory. Maybe because I was younger and less well-read when I first read it, so it made a bigger impression on me? I don't know, but anyway, after reading it again, I'm downgrading it to 2 stars. :P I'd actually give it 2 1/2 if I could.
There were a handful of essays, mostly towards the beginning and end, that I thought were clever. He uses various types of humor, drawing on wit as well as absurdity. A few essays could probably be qualified as "intellectual", but others might as well have been written by Dave Barry or Douglas Adams - not a dig, as I actually do enjoy both of those writers - but just not as ingenious or hilarious as I previously thought. I thought a couple of essays belabored the point, and were a few pages too long.
There were a handful of essays, mostly towards the beginning and end, that I thought were clever. He uses various types of humor, drawing on wit as well as absurdity. A few essays could probably be qualified as "intellectual", but others might as well have been written by Dave Barry or Douglas Adams - not a dig, as I actually do enjoy both of those writers - but just not as ingenious or hilarious as I previously thought. I thought a couple of essays belabored the point, and were a few pages too long.