A review by lydiasmith27
Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages by Gaston Dorren

4.0

Dorren uses so many different strategies to pull you into the complications of each language that you end up learning just as much about platypi or music history as you do the languages themselves. Everything is compressed into tight 2-5 page chapters with an obvious message that keeps the reading light and humorous while still elucidating crucial details (I also appreciate a writer who can admit that “this is a story for another time.”) My brain feels dense with knowledge and I’m already craving to learn more of the nitty-gritty to understand linguistic patterns and structure. Luckily, he added a page of book recommendations at the end.