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

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

Listened to this on walks - not as inspired as his second book, and definitely comes across less as insightful commentary and more whining about the state of politics, which (considering the contents this book covers) havent changed significantly since the 2000s - oh well, Mitchell is a joy as an actor and reader, but I genuinely can’t fathom reading this otherwise

ooney44's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Boring

carla_mylittlebookcase's review against another edition

2.0

I feel the need to point out that I think David Mitchell is hilarious on TV. However, this was not my cup of tea. At all

I listened to the audiobook, read by Mitchell himself, and overall he just came across as utterly miserable (and slightly condescending) throughout; but not in the comedic way he does on telly. Perhaps it’s just the performance but it didn’t make me laugh. In fact, it made me roll my eyes an awful lot. I really didn’t enjoy it and I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really are a die hard David Mitchell fan.

Readers are perfectly aware books like these types of books date over time, and his ‘introduction to the introduction’ only really serves to date the book even further, especially given I’m reading this during the covid pandemic.

Not for me I’m afraid. Just ★★☆☆☆

idas_robbie's review against another edition

3.0

Listened to as an audiobook. 3.5/5

Good ol' British rambling. I agree with a fair bit of Mitchell's political views, so this was a fun read. It was a great rest of my British knowledge and current events. Listened to this while driving, and regularly had a nice chuckle at funny anecdotes.