The Importance of Being Earnest

I don't often laugh at books. They can be mildly amusing and cause my lips to turn a little upwards from there fixed concentration, but not often do I venture out into the world of noise and resort to laughter. Yet, reading this play, I did. 

Honestly, the ridiculous overblown supposedly profound statements of the characters are genuinely hilarious. Everyone goes on these strange tangents and argue about the most obscure details. It's almost like a Shakespearean battle of words. What's more, the plot is so neatly organised even in its apparent waywardness, that when everything comes together at the end it creates the most brilliantly funny conclusion.

The best thing is how the characters dare to be so absurd and shallow while putting on grand, arrogant facades. Sure, you don't care about them one bit, but for someone like me, who often finds comedy not as funny as it should be because when the man falls over the banana skin you wonder if he hurt himself, it really does help!

Really do give it a go, it's a really easy quick read, being a play, and I think would be a great sunny summer read (if we had some sun).