Scan barcode
heresthepencil's review against another edition
1.0
@ past me what the fuck
at least i stole it off the inter webs instead of actually paying for it right
at least i stole it off the inter webs instead of actually paying for it right
maekd's review against another edition
2.0
The degree to which I like Woody Allen's writing is inversely proportional to the degree to which I like Woody Allen's movies.
That is, Woody Allen makes a lot of movies that I love, and a few stinkers, and at the same time he writes a lot of words that I can barely push myself to read, with a few quality ones smooshed in.
Also, it seems that I chose to read a Woody Allen book at a pretty controversial time. Oops.
That is, Woody Allen makes a lot of movies that I love, and a few stinkers, and at the same time he writes a lot of words that I can barely push myself to read, with a few quality ones smooshed in.
Also, it seems that I chose to read a Woody Allen book at a pretty controversial time. Oops.
miramanga's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book so much I'm buying it - and you know me! Mira "Advocate of Public Libraries and Book Swapping or Loaning" Manga very rarely sheds the sheckles for literature and I'm always trying to thin down the vast piles of books that spring up all over my residence.
[a:Woody Allen|10356|Woody Allen|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1198641626p2/10356.jpg] has a crackling sharp, snappy turn of phrase, his own Allensian language that is a delight to unravel even though all your synapses are forced to speed up to take in all the good stuff in the process!
I know that Mr Allen is an acquired taste, but I think it's up to YOU guys to acquire that taste if you don't already have it. A true delight!
Here are some tasty quotes for you..
"Hence I'm here to report your latest tome caught my baby blues last week at a little country store. Actually I'd never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before. Not that I got through it, but the three pages I managed before narcolepsy set in told me I was in the presence of one of the most egregious wordsmiths since Papa Hemingway"
Another phrase I loved
"Fifty million simoleons suctioned from studio coffers and deposited in perpetuity with Thomas Crapper"
Into it?! Yes? Great, go pick up a copy...Not convinced? You still need to read this.
Clever funny people are revelling in our beautiful language and making smiles and laughter from prose. How cool is that?
[a:Woody Allen|10356|Woody Allen|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1198641626p2/10356.jpg] has a crackling sharp, snappy turn of phrase, his own Allensian language that is a delight to unravel even though all your synapses are forced to speed up to take in all the good stuff in the process!
I know that Mr Allen is an acquired taste, but I think it's up to YOU guys to acquire that taste if you don't already have it. A true delight!
Here are some tasty quotes for you..
"Hence I'm here to report your latest tome caught my baby blues last week at a little country store. Actually I'd never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before. Not that I got through it, but the three pages I managed before narcolepsy set in told me I was in the presence of one of the most egregious wordsmiths since Papa Hemingway"
Another phrase I loved
"Fifty million simoleons suctioned from studio coffers and deposited in perpetuity with Thomas Crapper"
Into it?! Yes? Great, go pick up a copy...Not convinced? You still need to read this.
Clever funny people are revelling in our beautiful language and making smiles and laughter from prose. How cool is that?
livrariafechada's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
line_so_fine's review against another edition
2.0
Although the wittiness is undeniable and enjoyable to some degree, there is something about reading Allen that is too much for me. It's like being around a Funny Person who can't stop performing for you and just have a normal conversation. The witty stuff started to make me want to beat my head against something. Can he just not be so witty for a sentence or two?
ampersunder's review against another edition
‰ЫПThe existential catastrophe for Schopenhauer was not so much eating as munching. Schopenhauer railed against the aimless nibbling of peanuts and potato chips while one engaged in other activities. Once munching has begun, Schopenhauer held, the human will cannot resist further munching, and the result is a universe with crumbs over everything.‰Ыќ ‰ЫУ from ‰ЫПThus Ate Zarathustra‰Ыќ
uroybd's review against another edition
4.0
I liked Woody Allen's wit and many ways of crafting a hilarious story from insignificant, often boring stuff. They are not only funny but often thoughts provoking and dark.
rupertowen's review against another edition
3.0
Having previously only read Side Effects which I enjoyed, Woody Allen's mere anarchy was a light dose of whimsical absurdity which suited the diverse stories mostly pertaining to the downfall of many an odd victim of a mad world. The language Woody employs throughout is lively and at times surreal. Less a set of observation pieces about humanity and our idiosyncratic systems; mere anarchy is a Commedia dell'arte of swindling, greed, subservience and the culture we have stacked up around ourselves, unable perhaps to see over for all the nonsense that glues it together.
It is a light read. If you are seeking for a quick deliverance from the every day routine of sensibility than I recommend Woody's mere anarchy; there are some unexpected puns and clever word play that will provide enough chuckles through-out.
It is a light read. If you are seeking for a quick deliverance from the every day routine of sensibility than I recommend Woody's mere anarchy; there are some unexpected puns and clever word play that will provide enough chuckles through-out.
clairelorraine's review against another edition
1.0
I wanna preface a nasty review with this: I love me some Woody Allen...films. I'll take Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, even new offerings like Match Point and Vicky Christina Barcelona any day! But we all know that sometimes dear ole Woody takes a misstep. Curse of the Jade Scorpion? Getting with the stepdaughter? Yes, indeed, this collection of short stories was a disaster on that level. Ok, ok, I did like one thing about the stories - they were very short. The characters, events, and language in the stories are beyond ridiculous. People are dying on toast points etc. Please, Woody, please. All the characters are buffoons, which is slightly entertaining, but the language (which may have been enjoyable to hear) was a major headache to read. The ENTIRE book was like this: "Flashback six months prior, when Mrs. Endorphine's little boy was at emotional ducks and drakes over a series of tribulations, which, if you count my misplaced beret, topped Job's. First, this fortune cookie from Taiwan I was tutoring in anatomical hydraulics eighty-sixes me for an apprentice pie maker, then I get sued to the tune of many dead presidents for backing my Jaguar through a Christian Science Reading Room." So, I admit, that passage in ISOLATION is fairly entertaining, if not totally absurd, but continue this non-stop whacked-out 1940's detective movie slang parade for the next 150 pages and a reader just gets tired. I like playing with language, but it works out less well in print than in dialogue.