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Pretty easy to read book. I enjoyed the accessible format: short(ish) essays on various topics. Some of my favorites were Diet Dr. Pepper, Lascaux Cave Paintings, Googling Strangers. My all-time favorite was Piggly Wiggly-- which after reading I proceeded to tell everyone about. I know this is based off a podcast of the same name, but I haven't listened to any of it, but I felt like I could tell. The writing came off more organic than even normal non-fiction 'prose'. It elevated each topic in terms of interest. And I liked that even though it was a non fiction book it wasn't so linear or flat-- it had layers to it because it was not only giving us the history of each topic, John Green was also putting in personal snippets throughout that took the narrative further.
I would say the having ratings and the ratings system seemed arbitrary and didn't always necessarily reflect the chapter-- which sometimes felt detracting from the content. But that could very well be intentional and therefore the point-- especially when considering the introduction. So I have also given it an arbitrary rating.
It was a good story but I hate that I read it as a library book because its not meant to be binge read-- its much more effective reading a chapter here and there (which is what I did at the beginning, renewed it once, could not renew it again, hence the binge).
I would say the having ratings and the ratings system seemed arbitrary and didn't always necessarily reflect the chapter-- which sometimes felt detracting from the content. But that could very well be intentional and therefore the point-- especially when considering the introduction. So I have also given it an arbitrary rating.
It was a good story but I hate that I read it as a library book because its not meant to be binge read-- its much more effective reading a chapter here and there (which is what I did at the beginning, renewed it once, could not renew it again, hence the binge).