Reviews

Babel. W dwadzieścia języków dookoła świata by Gaston Dorren, Anna Sak

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. 

meredith_summers's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

jimk's review against another edition

informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

4.0

anna_scht7's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

s_shronda's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

szyszanka's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

xuaeyaqonavosoi's review against another edition

3.0

z jezykami tak to juz jest, ze na siebie wzajemnie wplywaja, stoi za nimi cala historia itp. ale momentami miałam wrażenie, że autor za bardzo skupia się na innych językach niż na tym, któremu był poświęcony konkretny rozdzial

abbycw's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.0

victoria_mh's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

I don't think I'd call it a slow-paced book but it took me a while to read it, I don't think it always engaged me as much as I'd hoped. I think I may have wanted more technical detail about each language.