verydazedragon's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
G. K. Chesterton is a brilliantly clever man, deeply reflective of his time. I give him all the credit for being a logical, lucid thinker who reasons out his arguments humorously. I would never be so shallow as to lower ratings due to a difference of opinion or a poorly ages anecdote; he receives four stars due to his occasional tendency to overstate a point, or to ramble on at will. I was RIVETED to his lecture on Mary, Queen of Scots.
ksmithcpa's review against another edition
3.0
I fully admit that my rating is most likely caused by many of the essays going right over my head. This was my first experience with GKC. I didn't dislike the essays, I just didn't understand all of them.
victoryfish's review against another edition
"The Drift From Domesticity" (1929)
"On a Humiliating Heresy" (1930)
"On a Humiliating Heresy" (1930)
notafraidofvirginiawoolf's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely a delight.
Am not coherent enough to describe how much I adore some of these--many of these--essays. My God, GKC, can you make nothing dull?
Laughed out loud much too often. 12/10 would recommend.
Am not coherent enough to describe how much I adore some of these--many of these--essays. My God, GKC, can you make nothing dull?
Laughed out loud much too often. 12/10 would recommend.
danielmcgregor76's review
2.0
I love GK Chesterton. His ability to look at the object of his gaze and view it completely differently than anyone else (and most times view it rightly for the first time) is astonishing. However, I found it simply impossible to read this book straight through. You step from something serious to something trivial with each new essay. I would have appreciated a paragraph of context that could give me a framework for interpreting each of these essays/articles. I disciplined my way through this book, but just barely.
ksmithcpa's review
3.0
I fully admit that my rating is most likely caused by many of the essays going right over my head. This was my first experience with GKC. I didn't dislike the essays, I just didn't understand all of them.
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