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I love that the author brutes in an engaging and humorous style. Add to that the fabulous narration and I felt like I was listening to a REALLY GOOD documentary.

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adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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4.0

Extremely interesting book, very dense but I learned a lot and was able to understand a lot of it due to past classes I have taken.

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funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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3.0

Very interesting theories and ideas, and very very entertaining. Bill takes an interesting view towards scientific ideas and makes them into stories you actually want to read.

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4.0

Bill Bryson is an expert at describing complicated subject matters in both an entertaining and an understandable fashion. A really good read for anyone who is and isn't interested in science. Though I personally found some of the subjects uninteresting or dull, Bryson managed to write the chapters that did catch my interest in the most fascinating manner. Highly recommend it, especially if you're interested in its topics.

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