A review by jukied
Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive by Eliot Stein

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

A very diverse and eclectic collection of essays that highlight some of the dying arts and crafts of humanity. Some stories were a bit less interesting than others for me, and I'm sure each reader will find something they find fascinating. For me, the stories of the four-year-aged soy sauce and readers in Cuban cigar factories really stood out. The author had a tendency to pad each chapter with a good deal of history, which sometimes helped and sometimes hindered the flow of each chapter.