Title: Misled by First Things Review
Product review: I bought this book having been influenced by the brief review of it in First Things, a review that I took to suggest that the humor of the book was in some sense akin to Chesterton's. Chesterton's humor, of course, is both very funny, but also, and even more, the bloom of brilliant insight. I just don't find this book insightful. While some will find the "frequently sophomoric" (First Things' word) humor of "The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living" to be amusing, I really don't. This book is not a pint of Chestertonian ale; it's more like a 7-11 Big Gulp of syrupy soda.
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