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Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
David Mitchell
3.34 AVERAGE
201 reviews for:
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
David Mitchell
3.34 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
Written about current events in 2014, with added newer material. Astute, at times comic, but always practical, David Mitchell's take on the affairs of state, culture, etc., were very entertaining. I started out reading on Kindle and lost interest. However, as with other comic writers/personalities, I was much more entertained by listening to him than by reading the individual columns.
Commentary on English news stories from 10+ years ago, but it’s written and narrated David Mitchell, so it was fun to listen to anyways.
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
funny
medium-paced
A book that proves its title correct. Also proof that I should stop falling for reading UK comedians' books as they are always more funny doing bits on game shows.
On one hand, an interesting look into what were the main concerns for the future in 2014. On the other hand, fairly useless knowledge and time I'll never get back. The James Bond prediction got me tho.
On one hand, an interesting look into what were the main concerns for the future in 2014. On the other hand, fairly useless knowledge and time I'll never get back. The James Bond prediction got me tho.
I'm a fan of David Mitchell's angry logic (as Stephen Fry calls it) but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. While I appreciate his humor, there were times where the book went on a bit long for me. Overall, I'm still a fan and look forward to reading/listening on Audible to his other work.
Nine hours (in audio form) of David Mitchell doing his shtick, aka complaining about stuff in a mildly funny and insightful way. And it was funny and insightful. My favourite part:
"Conversation stinks. Half the time you’re not even talking, while someone you know is slowly saying what you knew they were going to say, because you know them, but you have to wait until they stop saying it before you get to speak."
The audiobook opens with an introduction recorded in 2019, for a book written in 2014, itself a rehash of Observer columns written from 2010 onwards. Mitchell is amusingly self-aware about the fact that the book is already dated at the time of recording, and probably even more so at the time of reading/listening, and addresses this by telling the future reader: "I wonder what new terms of doom will have been invented by the time you hear this? Maybe you'll look back on this as a simpler time."
He probably thought he was joking.
"Conversation stinks. Half the time you’re not even talking, while someone you know is slowly saying what you knew they were going to say, because you know them, but you have to wait until they stop saying it before you get to speak."
The audiobook opens with an introduction recorded in 2019, for a book written in 2014, itself a rehash of Observer columns written from 2010 onwards. Mitchell is amusingly self-aware about the fact that the book is already dated at the time of recording, and probably even more so at the time of reading/listening, and addresses this by telling the future reader: "I wonder what new terms of doom will have been invented by the time you hear this? Maybe you'll look back on this as a simpler time."
He probably thought he was joking.
funny
lighthearted