Reviews

And Yet...: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

ant's review against another edition

3.0

This is an interesting set of eclectic essays which I enjoyed, but quite a lot of them didn't seem as sharp or as focused as his other work. Having said that, it's still Hitchens, just not him at his best.

rkapil7's review against another edition

3.0

I mean Hitchens knew alot about the foreign policy and stuff but what's the point of discussing characters of people?I mean it literally feels like he wanted to find faults in each public personality. Even if he didn't what's the point of writing and reading such 'intellectual gossips'?
If he was one of the most influential commentator of 20th century then I'm disappointed.

sdc's review against another edition

3.0

I love Hitchens facility with the sentence and how he constructs his arguments. This is a robust collection, which gives him ample space to flaunt his talents. There are the familiar topics (Iraq War) and targets (Kissinger) which allow Hitchens to dispense his verbal acid. Some of the works in this collection--many of the pieces from Slate-- are severely dated (not his fault) and have not aged well to boot. I knew Hitch was brilliant but after a time he becomes a bit of a bore. He does enjoy listening to himself.
And yet, in the end, I'm not sure what Hitchens really stands for other than arguing for a arguing's sake.

stranger's review against another edition

4.0

Since Hitchens is dead, his reputation not only precedes him, but succeeds him. He can no longer defend himself, and his fate depends on people are interested in his posthumous notoriety.

Full review: http://www.runspotrun.com/book-reviews/and-yet-hitchens/

amatorlibrorum's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0