A review by jobinsonlis
Arguably: Selected Essays by Christopher Hitchens

3.0

Christopher Hitchens was a very gifted essayist and was extremely knowledgeable about a wide variety of topics, such as literature, history, and, yes, of course, religion. However this last collection of essays from him was at times an almost unbearable slog to get through. The high number of essays grouped together by content meant that I had to read several that seemed almost identical to one another and after a while my eyes just started to glaze over in an attempt to get me to go do something else more productive. I didn't really dislike any of the essays except for one bizarre piece rehashing why women aren't as funny as men (an argument I thought had been put to bed when everybody in the world realized that they personally knew lots of funny women so this couldn't possibly be true). However none of the essays really stuck out for me. For a gifted and controversial figure like Hitchens this seems almost worse than just not liking them. I'm happy that I read this for the book recommendations I picked up but I'm more happy that I'm finally done with this doorstopper.