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renreads2much's review
The date for DNFing is inaccurate
I stopped the project that I was using this book for so there was no need to keep reading. I was also intimidated by the sheer size and thickness of the book in all honesty
I stopped the project that I was using this book for so there was no need to keep reading. I was also intimidated by the sheer size and thickness of the book in all honesty
emilybh's review
4.0
This book is like peering through someone's front window, only it lets you inside the house as well. Miller writes in an accessible way, and you can feel his kindness even as he forms anthropological theories whilst writing. If nothing else, this book reminds you that behind similar exteriors, every single home is different, made up of different materials and stories.
nrldyer's review
3.0
Really interesting reflections on people's deep relationships to material things
msjenne's review
3.0
Hmm, this wasn't quite what I expected, I guess. I think I thought it would be more obviously anthropological, with more distance between the writer and subjects...but still I enjoyed it for what it was.
Clearly in the course of the study he became very close to the people he was studying, and I got the sense that he really felt love for them and admired them even though some of them were very strange people and others were very dull.
It reminds me a little of how my job is, getting a glimpse into the ordinary and extraordinary details of people's lives.
Clearly in the course of the study he became very close to the people he was studying, and I got the sense that he really felt love for them and admired them even though some of them were very strange people and others were very dull.
It reminds me a little of how my job is, getting a glimpse into the ordinary and extraordinary details of people's lives.
kake's review against another edition
DNF: A lot of this feels more voyeuristic than anthropological, and I’m not a fan of that.
jenne's review against another edition
3.0
Hmm, this wasn't quite what I expected, I guess. I think I thought it would be more obviously anthropological, with more distance between the writer and subjects...but still I enjoyed it for what it was.
Clearly in the course of the study he became very close to the people he was studying, and I got the sense that he really felt love for them and admired them even though some of them were very strange people and others were very dull.
It reminds me a little of how my job is, getting a glimpse into the ordinary and extraordinary details of people's lives.
Clearly in the course of the study he became very close to the people he was studying, and I got the sense that he really felt love for them and admired them even though some of them were very strange people and others were very dull.
It reminds me a little of how my job is, getting a glimpse into the ordinary and extraordinary details of people's lives.
geriatricgretch's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful book that takes a portrait look at 30 families in a concentrated area within London, and explores each of their lives through the things they own and have on display. Miller's writing is charming and flows and this was just a lovely book.
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