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Review of 'The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare (Dodo Press)' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

The best parts of this are definitely Chesterton's humor. The plot is better taken as an elaborate slapstick, which according to his own essays on the subject it was really meant to be. A satire on pessimistic philosophy taken perhaps a few chapters too far.