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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
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.