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zkendall's review
4.0
This is a generally enjoyable read. Chesterton shares a handful of fun anecdotes and ideas. Unfortunately there was quite a bit in between that was mostly meaningless to me. Id est, lots of information about specific people or events or systems about which I didn't have enough capital to appreciate.
(Also I read an old hardcover copy from my library that had a lot of great pictures dispersed through the pages.)
(Also I read an old hardcover copy from my library that had a lot of great pictures dispersed through the pages.)
impreader's review
5.0
Chestertonian to the hilt. Not all chronological. Not all on definitions or straight lines. But in whimsy and character, insight and humilty-tinged humour, it is unsurpassable.
If you like Chesterton, you can't go w rong. If you don't, you've gone wrong.
If you like Chesterton, you can't go w rong. If you don't, you've gone wrong.
dwlejcjvg's review
3.0
I approach reading like one of those birds that goes about collecting shiny trinkets for its nest from wherever it can find them. What I keep in my nest is my own sense of Northernness (see C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy ). Ever since I was a child my mission has been to preserve and build on the Northernness. So I approached this book thinking that it would be a treasure trove of Chestertonian baubles and twigs, of which I already have an impressive collection hidden away. I was wrong. The gems are here, but they are few and far between, spread across deserts of talk about the politics and societies and journalistic industries of Chesterton’s time. If I was interested in Chesterton himself and in getting a complete picture of his thought and context, this might have been a good read; but since I am not I found it exhausting. Readers less selfish than I may find this a better read. The final chapter was wonderful and it alone is merits the third star.
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