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207 reviews for:
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
David Mitchell
3.34 AVERAGE
207 reviews for:
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
David Mitchell
3.34 AVERAGE
it took me a long time to finish this one, bc it's a lot of moaning and not much funny, which is too bad bc generally I enjoy David Mitchell in his other incarnations. alas.
funny
informative
fast-paced
I like David Mitchell and his comedy, but as these are pieces culled from his Observer columns, the topics that interest you will be great chapters while the others will leave you cold. I was hoping for something new, especially with all the hype surrounding its publication.
I haven't actually finished it but I'm stopping reading cos I'd like to read something else
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Gave up on this one very quickly. Mitchell's bland, conservative, upper-middle-class perspective on inequality (you should be glad you're not a medieval peasant), censorship (you can't say anything these days) and everything else irritated me.
Starts off very good but falls off (or the 'compilation of witty columns' format got old on me). Not arsed relistening to determine which one is more accurate.
Hmm, where to begin. I perhaps should have done a little more research on this one.
I thoroughly enjoyed Mitchell's memoir Back Story. It was witty, insightful and touching, though rarely all at once.
This, and here is where the 'buy it now' button hurts hardest, is a collection of his newspaper columns. Great. Old stuff, represented. Sure, there are some laughs and pertinent observations but they are all of their time.
I don't often read columnists, although I have read his in the past when I have bought The Observer. And there is the nub of the problem, it's not you David, it's me. I don't like newspaper columns when they are fresh therefore a book full of old, on-the-turn columns is likely to appeal to me as much as a CD of Nigel Farage's political speeches.
Many will enjoy this book, but not me. Sorry.
I thoroughly enjoyed Mitchell's memoir Back Story. It was witty, insightful and touching, though rarely all at once.
This, and here is where the 'buy it now' button hurts hardest, is a collection of his newspaper columns. Great. Old stuff, represented. Sure, there are some laughs and pertinent observations but they are all of their time.
I don't often read columnists, although I have read his in the past when I have bought The Observer. And there is the nub of the problem, it's not you David, it's me. I don't like newspaper columns when they are fresh therefore a book full of old, on-the-turn columns is likely to appeal to me as much as a CD of Nigel Farage's political speeches.
Many will enjoy this book, but not me. Sorry.
I came to this book not realising that it had been published a few years earlier (it was an Audible recommendation), so was disappointed to find that some of the content had not aged well. On the whole though, the tone of the writing and the sentiments expressed were entertaining (if, at times, a little controversial) and this made for an enjoyable enough listen on my way to and from work for a few days.