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amybaby2024's review against another edition
STOPPED ON PG 56; WOULD PICK UP AGAIN
sunn_bleach's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
1.25
"Lingo" purports to be a book about the whimsy of language, but I frequently found that Dorren is just kind of a dick. There's a huge ethnocentrism here about languages that are worth it and ones Dorren finds pointless, thereby discarding a lot of the potential for information and good-faith ribbing. Tons of promise here, tons of failed execution as the writer gets in the way of the message. Ironic for a book about language.
Content Warnings
Minor: War, Genocide, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
grace1994's review against another edition
3.0
Finalllllyyyy. Finishing this book took me forever. I think it’s well written and interesting but as a book to dip in and out of and probably just read the chapters you’re interested in. Because I chose to read it front to back chronologically, I think this is why I stagnated with it so much and was just trying to get through the chapters rather than really enjoying a lot of them.