Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

Very British Problems

Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

2013 • 225 pages

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Average rating3.2

15

I grabbed the kindle edition, so these notes are particular to that release:

* Formatting: bleh. Not a single consistent font though the book. Pages that have two lines of text. At least the formatting made for a quick read (I see goodreads lists the book as having 200+ pages? More like 50. I read the bulk of it in an hour.)
* Content: I (mistakenly) expected something with a bit more discussion. This book is to Britain what Foxworthy is to Red Necks - largely a collection of “you know you're British if...” punchlines without any actual framing discussions.

Somewhat disappointing, to be honest. In chapter 3 there's a quiz for how British you are - I came out decidedly British, which was fun/amusing, but that was really about as deep as the book got.

April 4, 2016