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ladybookdragon's review
4.0
A hilarious read. Although I'm not sure I agree on certain points about a wife. However when I get married in July I might suddenly change. Who knows?
A great super quick read to brighten anybody's day.
A great super quick read to brighten anybody's day.
otterno11's review
3.0
So, last spring I got married! Among the wedding gifts my wife and I received from friends and family were this book, How it Works: The Wife, along with its mate, [b: How it Works: The Husband|27507173|How it Works The Husband|Jason Hazeley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1446826376s/27507173.jpg|47428062], from some friends who took a recent trip across the pond. We ended up reading them aloud in front of my mother-in-law. Fun times!
Silly little reads, they are definitely funny in a droll, dry, very British way, reminding me a bit of the humor of series like Look Around You. The Ladybird Book for Adults series draws upon absurd vintage illustrations gleaned from the many fusty old educational Ladybird books for children published in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The jokes mainly revolve around this juxtaposition between the kitschy, outdated artwork, in its wholesome or awkward stereotype, and the cheeky, irreverent dialogue mocking the stereotypes of gender (or hewing to them). If that works for you, then there are definitely some laughs in here, and the books take only ten or so minutes to flip through, so why not. At the same time, of course, there is little really there.
Silly little reads, they are definitely funny in a droll, dry, very British way, reminding me a bit of the humor of series like Look Around You. The Ladybird Book for Adults series draws upon absurd vintage illustrations gleaned from the many fusty old educational Ladybird books for children published in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The jokes mainly revolve around this juxtaposition between the kitschy, outdated artwork, in its wholesome or awkward stereotype, and the cheeky, irreverent dialogue mocking the stereotypes of gender (or hewing to them). If that works for you, then there are definitely some laughs in here, and the books take only ten or so minutes to flip through, so why not. At the same time, of course, there is little really there.
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