194 reviews for:

Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life

David Mitchell

3.34 AVERAGE

danny64's review against another edition

4.0

funny fast-paced

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A really funny book.

jbh123's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative medium-paced

katiejlumsden's review against another edition

4.0

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A good fun interesting read.

fran_row_37's review

3.5

funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

kanelbullar's review against another edition

5.0

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Brilliant, thoughtful and extremely funny

arinareads's review against another edition

3.0

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Accidentally rated this but its just a collection of articles so it doesn’t really warrent a rating but here we are

halfmanhalfbook's review against another edition

3.0

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Drawn from his column in the Observer each week, this collection of articles is diverse and wide ranging. No subject is too big or trivial for Mitchell to consider, from smoking to politics, the nuclear question to chocolate flavoured toothpaste and swearing to Downton Abbey. He asks questions that others won’t like, why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? And why are people so obsessed with bin collections? He is not afraid to be controversial too. He agrees with the judge who called a burglar brave, has a liberated view about swearing and bemoans that total lack of common sense that seems to prevail most of the time.

Even though I get the Observer every week, I have only occasionally read his column in the paper, and I have heard him often on Radio 4 on various panel games, and he can be very funny. Whilst this book raised a few chuckles, there were no laugh out loud moments. I do like his attitude though, even if he can be a bit of a curmudgeon at times, and he has a refreshingly blunt point of view. Worth reading I think, and I will now be following his column each week in the paper.

alexbookstars's review

4.0

funny reflective

kelleyhartshorn's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative reflective fast-paced

annrhub's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced