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vireogirl's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.5
A strange romp through many different aspects of wit. The first chapter was funny. I had a harder time with the others. The style of writing changed in every chapter, to show different kinds of wit. The printing also changed. Both were distracting for me.
alidottie's review against another edition
4.0
I love wit! I’m a big fan of the pun! I love when I have to read something twice to realize the “hidden meaning.” I was so happy when I saw this book was coming out and then my daughter (shout out to Tess!) gave it to me for my birthday! I enjoyed it. It is written with wit and was fun. Not for everyone, but definitely right for me. Added plus it was not a long deep tome!!
amlibera's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted this to be better. I wanted to like it better. There is really good information about comedy, humor, and wit here and there are elements that are conveyed with (yes) true wit in the sense that a truth is genuinely illuminated in a novel and artful fashion. But there is a lot of showing off to wade through to get there.
jeff_e79's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
3.25
ivywall's review against another edition
5.0
this book really made me think, I loved how it delves into the topics of wit’s history and how it has progressed today.
dllh's review against another edition
3.0
This one was ok, but a bit disappointing. I'm all for futzing with form and convention and writing in modes that suit the matter, but some of Geary's playing with genre here was just poorly executed, and I think I would have preferred a straight history of wit. There was a lot more flash here than substance. I did enjoy bits of it, but some sections were tiresome and the flash pretty dim.
alissabar's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting look at wit and humor. I really liked how each chapter was written in a different style (one was a dialogue between two people, another was written like a medical report, etc.) I also appreciated the jokes and humor sprinkled throughout.
2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge: #36 A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads (57)
2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge: #36 A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads (57)
choirqueer's review against another edition
2.0
I was really looking forward to this, but I can't remember why. The layout, for one thing, felt like the author was having a protracted inside joke with himself and forgot to let the reader in on it. There were a few interesting and/or clever bits, but even for a book this thin, there weren't really enough of them. The sections on AAVE (which is never referred to as AAVE) were...awkward and horrendous, and I probably wouldn't have read this (or at least been as excited to read it as I was when I picked it up) if I had known to expect that.