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quoththegirl's review against another edition
3.0
I’d read an excerpt of My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber before, and I finally got around to finishing it. Thurber is entertaining, though I think my sense of humor must differ from his just enough that I don’t find him as hilarious as a few of my friends do. Sorry, guys! I do like Thurber, though; he had a very interesting life. When he was a little kid, his brother shot him in the eye with an arrow during an ill-advised (and evidently unsupervised) game of William Tell. Rough start to life, but one has to admire the kids’ dedication to realism.
bjr2022's review against another edition
5.0
The fact that this 1946 Bantam book is falling apart as I read and laugh at the cracked pages on a dark, rainy Sunday when all the world’s news makes me sick and my dog doesn’t want to walk, let alone poop, on New York City’s dismal wet streets seems somehow fitting.
With a dedication to Andy White for instigating the publication of these iconic American cartoons, a reverential preface by Dorothy Parker, and Thurber’s essential humor and pathos, what’s not to like?
With a dedication to Andy White for instigating the publication of these iconic American cartoons, a reverential preface by Dorothy Parker, and Thurber’s essential humor and pathos, what’s not to like?
mohawkm's review against another edition
3.0
Holds up better than many books published in the 1930s, but not completely free of stale scenarios. The story about the Airedale is the best, and the drawings are fun.
katherinem310's review against another edition
5.0
Had to read this for my Comedy in the US class and it was the most enjoyable read that semester. I love the humor; it reminds me of my father telling bizarre stories about his childhood. The illustrations are delightful, too.
harmless_old_lady's review against another edition
5.0
Reading this one again, and again, still makes me chuckle. Hard to believe it was written in the 1920s, a hundred years ago. I'm reading a paperback edition published in 1966 or so.
tome15's review against another edition
5.0
I had not read this book and years. What a pleasure to pick it up again! Classic humor.