anneliesejaros's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
anniew415's review against another edition
3.0
Fun and playful but still full of de Botton’s poignancy. A lot to mull over but the topic holds a lot of interest...cheeky and good.
senordustin's review against another edition
4.0
This seemed real silly at first, but it was ultimately pretty funny and yes thoughtful.
finnianwills's review against another edition
funny
informative
medium-paced
3.5
It’s all available in a fifteen minute speech on YouTube - but the insights are still great.
holies's review against another edition
3.0
After reading The Art of Travel I became intrigued with De Botton and decided to read at least another of this books. This was the first I came across.
Much like The Art of Travel this book was full of unexpected moments of insight. I'm not sure i agree completely with de Botton's views ( the chapter on the future if pornography in particular left me scratching my head) but he certainly gave me some food for thought and got me thinking about some of my own preconceptions about sex. I love books that do that - give me so something new to chew over whilst forcing me to reassess my own beliefs.
Incidentally, as someone who is contemplating marriage, this left me wanting to check out Ingmar Bergman's 'Scenes From a Marriage'.
Much like The Art of Travel this book was full of unexpected moments of insight. I'm not sure i agree completely with de Botton's views ( the chapter on the future if pornography in particular left me scratching my head) but he certainly gave me some food for thought and got me thinking about some of my own preconceptions about sex. I love books that do that - give me so something new to chew over whilst forcing me to reassess my own beliefs.
Incidentally, as someone who is contemplating marriage, this left me wanting to check out Ingmar Bergman's 'Scenes From a Marriage'.
shashashasha's review against another edition
1.0
The good: it’s not very long (thank gosh)
The bad: everything. It’s stupid, misogynist, painfully hetero-normative and only western ideas from the 40s? At one point he writes that the love of tattoos is. “Really weird fetish” and pits Scarlett Johansson against Natalie Portman’s looks for no reason. I can’t even.
Recommended: STAY AWAY, THIS BOOK IS HORRENDOUS.
The bad: everything. It’s stupid, misogynist, painfully hetero-normative and only western ideas from the 40s? At one point he writes that the love of tattoos is. “Really weird fetish” and pits Scarlett Johansson against Natalie Portman’s looks for no reason. I can’t even.
Recommended: STAY AWAY, THIS BOOK IS HORRENDOUS.