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Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
David Mitchell
3.34 AVERAGE
200 reviews for:
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
David Mitchell
3.34 AVERAGE
I liked this book. The next time I pick up a David Mitchell book I'll probably read it instead of listen. Mitchell crafts funny but long and jam-packed sentences which are great but get a bit lost on first listen and probably benefit from listening again (which isn't possible when listening while driving to work) or reading again to fully comprehend.
That being said this book is interesting and funny.
That being said this book is interesting and funny.
A collection of newspaper articles articles from the Observer. I enjoyed them all, despite one or two being a little dated, but then I do tend to share his mind set.
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
This is one of the best books I've read so far in the current millennium. It's funy enough that I actually laughed out loud (rather than using the acronym). Mitchell reminds me of [a:Douglas Adams|4|Douglas Adams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1189120061p2/4.jpg] in that when he writes about things that annoy him, he can still be funny about them.
Bearing in mind that, like QI, the reference are to events and pple mainly from England, but the book has an index of who's covered so you can easily look up the person or event and then go to exactly where in the book they are.
His predictions for the years ahead are funy, too, and there's no need to think about why they haven't come true. He'd rather be funny than right, and too much is made of accurate predictions these days, anyway, and probably will be in the future.
It's always good to see that England has retained its sense of humour.
Bearing in mind that, like QI, the reference are to events and pple mainly from England, but the book has an index of who's covered so you can easily look up the person or event and then go to exactly where in the book they are.
His predictions for the years ahead are funy, too, and there's no need to think about why they haven't come true. He'd rather be funny than right, and too much is made of accurate predictions these days, anyway, and probably will be in the future.
It's always good to see that England has retained its sense of humour.
funny
medium-paced
funny
informative
medium-paced
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Went into it expecting a dive into overthinking instead it was more of a deep dive into the intricacies that show how everything is bad when you look hard enough.
Had some funny quips, I enjoyed the reference to giving out movie recomendations and the balance not to give someone to great an expectation and then disappoint. Then a very funny line about having to great expections about the book great expectations would ruin your experience.
What
How very clever just chuckle jokes for most part
True
Yes but who cares really about everything he was diving into. But was nice hearing the exploration as if someone did.
What of it
Not that important or funny enough topic. Love David Mitchell but that book was a little too much.
Had some funny quips, I enjoyed the reference to giving out movie recomendations and the balance not to give someone to great an expectation and then disappoint. Then a very funny line about having to great expections about the book great expectations would ruin your experience.
What
How very clever just chuckle jokes for most part
True
Yes but who cares really about everything he was diving into. But was nice hearing the exploration as if someone did.
What of it
Not that important or funny enough topic. Love David Mitchell but that book was a little too much.
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
I love David Mitchell, and I really really wanted to give this book a five star rating. But about halfway through I started losing interest. I guess it's just that the subject matter wasn't always well known or directly relevant to me (British economy for example). I hope I get round to finishing it soon, but I just don't feel like it at the moment.
medium-paced