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calloe's review against another edition
4.0
I wish there would be more information about some of the languages, and not so much about just the history.
swain607's review against another edition
3.0
Generally quite interesting, but the author tends to go off on long tangents, and a lot of the material seems misplaced or irrelevant to the chapter.
martalisa's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.75
I enjoyed the book overall, although there were definitely some chapters I found much more interesting than others.
lauralauralaura's review against another edition
4.0
This book was a perfect pre-bed read for me. Interesting enough that I wanted to keep picking it up (because I find language endlessly interesting, and because while each chapter is ostensibly about a particular language, the author also uses a chapter to tell a story of linguistic features and how history and culture influence how we think about language and how languages develop), but not so interesting that I stayed up too late reading it.