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The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg

2.0

Wow, I thought this would be a 5-star read for me, but I feel like 2 stars is the absolute maximum I could give this. This was another book that I thought was right up my alley, being an entomologist and seeing that this book was described as a "major best seller in its native country", I figured it must be amazing if even non-entomologists are reading it. Boy was I wrong about that. I found this book dull, poorly-organized, and the majority of it was not at all about the author and his memoir, but rather random tidbits about a historical entomologist. this book didn't seem to know what it wanted to be, a memoir, a history book, or a story about flies. It seems like the author tried to do all three, resulting in none of them being done well. I did enjoy the anecdotes and information about hoverflies, just not the rest of it. One of the best compliments I can give this book is that it was mercifully short.