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reisaac's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
madhamster's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating look at books as objects and their history. Told in thematic chapters, with some chronological order.
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The chapter which includes discussion over human skin as book covers reminds me forcefully, of seeing a such a book. Aged 14, in Holocaust exhibition, held in the city's Jewish Centre. Horrific.
CW:
The chapter which includes discussion over human skin as book covers reminds me forcefully, of seeing a such a book. Aged 14, in Holocaust exhibition, held in the city's Jewish Centre. Horrific.
endpaper's review against another edition
2.0
Didn't Finish.
Not the book I thought it was going to be.
Not the book I thought it was going to be.
hedread's review against another edition
4.0
"All books are magic." No truer words. Considering the current trend of book censorship I found this quote quite helpful: "Censorship becomes, paradoxically, an attempt to enable rather than entirely suppress the book.