Getting Even

My english teacher,who used to stalk Mr.Allen, assigned this book to us this year im m a sophomore in HS and take honors english . I loved the book and it is super funny. We have a deli by school and one day one of the kids i nour class took getting even to the deli and started reading it aloud, everyone who was there for lunch laughed endlessly. I would reccomend this book to anyone, its a great read.

Woody Allen's movies have pretty much left me dissappointed over the last 10 years or so, but this but puts me in stiches every time I pick it up. I've had this for years and it still has the power to make me laugh out loud while reading it.

Getting Even is brilliant. It is a short book collection of 17 of the funniest essays that Woody Allen has ever written. I found myself laughing out loud all over the place, and actually finished this book in two brief settings. I generally like to read 1-2 essays a day, but with each one, I wanted more.Death Knocks is one of the essays in this book that really got me going. It was so damn funny. It felt like a funny... Read Full Review

Nothing can compare to this book and also Side Effects and Without Feathers, by Allen. Dave Barry is funny (although not as funny in recent years). Douglas Adams is hilarious, but he writes novels. These "nonfiction" pieces and short stories by Woody Allen are the funniest things ever written. And if you're concerned because you don't like Woody's whining style in his stand-up and movies, be assured you can't do that... Read Full Review

Even for people who do not like Woody Allen's movies, his satiric books must give a great laugh!This man is so intelligent that he allows himself to un-taboo'ize just about everything. He makes fun of religion without being blasphemic, about stereotypes without being prejudicial, and so on.This is the most sophisticated fun any American has ever come up with!