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a_vro_ 's review for:
Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags
by Tim Marshall
I was quite excited to read this book - I went around telling people about how I checked out this book from the library and was SO EXCITED TO READ IT!! I studied anthropology and an interested in art, so I was looking forward to reading about the symbolism used in flags and their meaning. However, this book a bit boring - as in lots of dry descriptions of flags and general lists of meanings and history - but I wanted more of a story and development. And it it wasn't, there were weird 'relaxed' moments where the author would try to be funny I think. That being said - this type of writing is not successful to me, but I think if I would have attended a lecture on the topic, word for word, I would have found it quite interesting. I think the book could have been more successful for me if the images of the flags were with the descriptions. Ultimately, I did learn some, and am not mad I read it, I just wanted to be more captivated. I learned a lot of fun facts in this book that I am rattling off to my co-workers, so that is something too.