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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
Two stars is about my shortcomings rather than David Mitchell's book. I didn't realise these were newspaper articles about British politics & current events, so much of it was commentary on stories I knew nothing about. I did enjoy the articles I read though
Thoroughly enjoyable collection of David Mitchell's columns. He is, as ever, cynical and hilarious, and I often find myself agreeing with him.
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Ugh. I liked it. He's funny. But I'm clearly not the target audience. I have no idea who Tony Blair is, nor do I care about the Torys (or who their opposition are).
The most enjoyable part was the bit about japanese toilets.
The most enjoyable part was the bit about japanese toilets.
challenging
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funny
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medium-paced
I like David Mitchell's comedy, and hearing him read his work makes it all the better.
This is a collection of columns written by Mitchell for the Observer (I believe), dating back to 2008, and with a Foreword from 2014. If you were an adult (or close enough) back in 2008 then all of the content should be familiar enough that you understand the humour and, even if you're not English, you can get the gist of the issues associated with the politicians from England.
My main issue was that, much like reading [a:Dave Barry|6245|Dave Barry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1196398665p2/6245.jpg]'s anthologies (e.g. [b:Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up|113016|Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up|Dave Barry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320512036l/113016._SY75_.jpg|1195242]), you start to feel a little overwhelmed with the constant influx of new subjects, you start to get a little too au fait with the way the author treats the subject, and you start to get picky and a little tired of the days when a column was needed, and so-help-me-god, I had to write a listicle
This is a collection of columns written by Mitchell for the Observer (I believe), dating back to 2008, and with a Foreword from 2014. If you were an adult (or close enough) back in 2008 then all of the content should be familiar enough that you understand the humour and, even if you're not English, you can get the gist of the issues associated with the politicians from England.
My main issue was that, much like reading [a:Dave Barry|6245|Dave Barry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1196398665p2/6245.jpg]'s anthologies (e.g. [b:Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up|113016|Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up|Dave Barry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320512036l/113016._SY75_.jpg|1195242]), you start to feel a little overwhelmed with the constant influx of new subjects, you start to get a little too au fait with the way the author treats the subject, and you start to get picky and a little tired of the days when a column was needed, and so-help-me-god, I had to write a listicle
This was okay but to be honest I didn't really see the point in this being a book- it's a collection of essays/articles but they didn't feel particularly connected. Perhaps it would be better as a book to dip in and out of but I was a bit disappointed after reading [bc:Back Story|15734715|Back Story|David Mitchell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349984887s/15734715.jpg|21417036] by David Mitchell which I absolutely loved.