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A review by annalise_0729
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf
informative
slow-paced
3.5
[For book club]
While it was difficult to get through the initial technical descriptions of the reading brain (with a not-so-helpful analogy), the latter parts of the book are certainly very interesting. The last letter is especially well written and well describes the release from time and suspended joy that can come with reading, and the impacts of such an experience on deep thought. I only wish she went further throughout the book rather than almost saving it for the ending.
While it was difficult to get through the initial technical descriptions of the reading brain (with a not-so-helpful analogy), the latter parts of the book are certainly very interesting. The last letter is especially well written and well describes the release from time and suspended joy that can come with reading, and the impacts of such an experience on deep thought. I only wish she went further throughout the book rather than almost saving it for the ending.