773 reviews for:

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to

Jonathan Swift

3.92 AVERAGE

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

3.25

dark funny fast-paced

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I can actually imagine a British politician in 2024 reading this and thinking it's a good idea.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism

ronjawd's review against another edition

dark funny

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swift: eat the rich? no, eat the poor

natgoe's review against another edition

2.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism

mia_mazzeo's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny informative medium-paced

writeroftheinterior's review against another edition

3.25

funny informative fast-paced

itsmeimkaty's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny

thisisuru's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 roasted babies out of 5

ambrose_7's review against another edition

3.0

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What a fascinating essay, it’s really ingenious in my opinion. Swift catches your attention by using a satirical form of political satire to draw you in, while all the time criticizing all sorts of different things: The Irish government, the Royalty of Ireland, the general pubic, and poverty levels. He does it all under the appalling guise of a man who’s solution to the ever growing number of poverty ridden people in the nation is to fatten up the poor’s kids and then made them into a new delicacy for the upper class to dine on. He uses proposed stats and theory to explain why his viewpoint should be taken seriously. I had to re-read this essay and look up summaries and analysis’s to understand it. It all connects. Written all the way back in 1729, and it wasn’t the least bit boring.

jess_mango's review against another edition

4.0

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A satirical proposal to butcher a percentage of 1 year old children and then sell them as meat in order to ease the issue of poverty in Ireland. Seriously, don't let that description turn you off. This was a quick and clever read.

dclanisms's review against another edition

funny reflective tense

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If I make a Hannibal joke would it but only add to his satirical humor or would it be undermining the point 



Anyways. I liked this but idk what to rate it for stars yet