ellaamelia's review against another edition
3.0
I have to admit I was going slightly bonkers after reading this but it was highly entertaining nonetheless. I loved Lear’s tendency to play with the juxtaposition of using strange, out-of-place, and made-up words alongside such formal, rigid poetic structure.
nyzky's review against another edition
3.0
It was fun to read between the rhymes, not just lines. Unfortunately, the more I read this utter nonsense book, the more I realise that I am really not into poetry books. While I found most of the first book (yep, Complete Nonsense is a bundle of Lear’s Nonsense books) amusing, I had to skip through the pages because things just seem too over the top here.
sorapandora's review against another edition
2.0
5 stars for The Owl and the Pussycat, the Jumblies, and Self-Portrait. 1-2 stars for almost everything else in this cursed book. You'd think "nonsense" would be more fun to read, but this was an absolute chore to finish. I have to confess, by the last 50 pages I was just skimming along, praying for it to end.
ellabf717's review against another edition
3.0
Quite disturbing as a children's book, but an interesting read.
yoongoongi's review against another edition
2.0
There was a young reader from Pittsburgh
Who read this weird book full of quirk
It got old so fast, she wanted to blast
That silly young reader from Pittsburgh
Who read this weird book full of quirk
It got old so fast, she wanted to blast
That silly young reader from Pittsburgh
kesterbird's review against another edition
5.0
This has been the perfect lighthearted bathroom reading for the past several months