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Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse

By: David Mitchell
Narrated by: David Mitchell
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Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake?

Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing?

Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay?

Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them?

These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life - from Ryanair to Richard III, Downton Abbey to phone etiquette, UKIP to hot dogs made of cats. Funny, provocative and shot through with refreshing amounts of common sense, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse celebrates and commiserates on the state of things in our not entirely glorious modern world.

Photo Credit: Chris Floyd, Camera Press London

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As you probably know, David Mitchell writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper in the UK. This is a selection of the best of them, read by David Mitchell himself. There are quite a few extras, some of which help to give context to each column. Logically some of them are a bit dated, but in general you can understand the context. As ever, David reads the columns extremely effectively. I think Stephen Fry described David Mitchell as Ruthlessly Logical, and this is him at his ultra-logical best. Always well argued, and generally very funny. But you just can't avoid thinking that the world he describes is somehow going in the wrong direction and you want to get off.................

EXCELLENT SELECTION OF GUARDIAN COLUMNS

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The best audible book that I’ll probably never recommend appropriately. If you like David Mitchell, this production is filled with him and his loveable “David Mitchell-ness”.

Deserves a michelin star.

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Very funny. Very clever I laughed a lot. It’s an entertaining book and has aged well.

I laughed a lot

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Great to hear David Mitchell's own voice bring his sarcasm and wit to life. Some issues are a little dated and the book is a collection of tales but many of the points raised highlight the ridiculous elements of our society or of ourselves and will make you laugh...a lot.

Comic relief and extreme wit reflect on times past

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Perfect for a long drive. Very funny, very engaging and top quality narration brings it to life.

Another brilliant read

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Super clever writing delivered by the author. Very much enjoyed it and the personal anecdotes. I have deliberately avoided any apostrophes in this review oh dear perhaps I just missed one. I certainly missed a full stop or period as the Americans say. Are they correct or are we? I was heart broken to hear that aluminium should actually be spelled, or is it spelt, Aluminum. Well according to Bill Bryson anyway.

Enjoyed the insight in to the real David

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A balanced and comedic take on the way we consume information these days. Found myself nodding along in agreement, disagreeing and laughing out loud.
Plus it’s for free in the plus catalog, awesome.

Written and read by Mitchell? Sign me up.

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Laughed lots. I think I would have found it funnier if I was British, and therefore would have understood some of the references better. But enjoyed it either way.
I liked that it was based on lots of newspaper articles that David wrote - so you could leave it and then pick up wherever - and not miss out on an overarching story line.
My only criticism is that I wish there had been some sort of demarcation (a sound?) of where one article and/or chapter ended and another started - I got a little bit muddled. So really my only con is that the format of the book doesn’t work as well as an audiobook.

Good laugh, easy to listen to snippets

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What's funny about everyday life?....As it turns out, if its viewed from cynical comedian (David Mitchell) everything! Absolutely LOVED this book written by and narrated by self-depricating and scathingly funny David Mitchell. Quite a few "laughed out loud moments" which was a bit awkward in a Doctor's waiting room, but almost as equally funny. Cannot wait for his next installment.

What's funny about everyday life?

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David Mitchell is such a treasure and this book doesn’t disappoint. Despite having been written before 2020, this book is still eerily accurate although things have definitely gotten worse since publication. Mitchell discusses modern life and all its absurdities with his usual dry wit, razor sharp observations and suggestions as to how to consider issues of our times. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Witty, thought provoking and well worth reading

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