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A review by go2hellstephanie
The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oracles by Michael Wood
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.0
An interesting nonfiction that I don't think I would've picked up if it hadn't been for the cover.
Overall, this book wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be about specific oracles and how they came to be, how they died, and what came after. Instead, it was a history of oracles as a whole, their use in stories, and how modern oracles (say, economists, doctors, and modern astrology) may look.
While interesting, I found the text to be dense at certain times, which made getting through difficult.
A perfectly fine nonfiction.
Overall, this book wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be about specific oracles and how they came to be, how they died, and what came after. Instead, it was a history of oracles as a whole, their use in stories, and how modern oracles (say, economists, doctors, and modern astrology) may look.
While interesting, I found the text to be dense at certain times, which made getting through difficult.
A perfectly fine nonfiction.