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A really moving work of scholarship—an academic book that is unlike any academic book you're likely to read, but also a thorough and rigorous work of scholarship. Diana Walsh Pasulka's account of Catholicism is beautiful. Her work on UFOs is extremely thoughtful and well-framed. This book sent me down dozens of new rabbitholes. Extremely satisfying.

aggielexi's review

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adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

1.75

The ideas are interesting, the issue is the organization and delivery. I almost did not finish this, but if you power through the first couple of hours (don't ask me what they were about, I don't remember), it gets a little better.

The biggest problem with this though is the writing. You can tell when reading this that D.W. is not a usual book author, this reads like a dissertation, and for your average non-fiction reader, that makes this a very hard read.

nmarcin's review

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challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

breenmachine's review

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4.0

One of those books that you don't stop thinking about. Such a unique mix of topics - each chapter is different but somehow ties together. I loved the end especially - it threw me for a loop when they went to the Vatican and everything that occurred there. The book had just the right amount of anecdotal stories - I felt the stories she chose to share were well curated and always held my attention. The author has a very interesting writing style and I love the way she analyzes things while truly staying as an observer.