A review by zober
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

informative slow-paced

2.75

I love words, but this book felt repetitive. The tone of the book also was odd; while half of the book is Stamper describing the self-admitted unglamorous life of a lexicographer, (called a "drudge" about a hundred times), somehow it still came across as a bit holier-than-thou. Much of the book felt like Stamper going, "Oh, you love words casually? Well let me tell you what it's like to love words professionally. We all hate human interaction. Have I mentioned we don't like socializing?"

Some chapters were quite interesting, but nonetheless I kept increasing the pace of the audiobook so I could get through it more quickly.