Reviews for Sincerely, Andy Rooney

The average rating for Sincerely, Andy Rooney based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-17 00:00:00 Michelle Soltis Andy Rooney, through the letters he wrote and published in this book, seems such a fun, witty, no BS kind of person.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-15 00:00:00 David Birkel A professional reviewer once called Rooney's style "distinctive whining," and reading through this book of deliberately undated letters reminded me of a long-ago attempt to tackle that masterpiece of satiric pessimism, Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary (1911). Even Bierce, clever as he was, stops being funny after the first dozen pages. There's just so much "distinctive whining" one can take. Although Rooney does provide the reader with some idiosyncratic humor, the tone of constant complaint is soon wearing. Go lend an ear to some grumpy old men at the local senior center. They won't be as articulate as Rooney, but they will have just as much logical basis for their prejudices, and their complaints will at least have the benefit of being up-to-date.