If you think you're having a bad day, there's probably someone else in history who has had an even worse day. And that's exactly what Farquhar attempts to inform the reader about in this comical yet deadly serious collection of anecdotes for every day of the year. There were a few new things I learned, a few things that I had already learned about much more in depth, and a bunch of things that I promptly forgot because the content was really not at all that interesting.

If we were still in the 90s, this might serve as a good bathroom reader book to leave for your guests to peruse. But otherwise, unless you really want to learn about every terrible day in history, I'd suggest finding a subject you're interested in and reading about that min depth.