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A review by oceanebooks
Letters of Note - Briefe, die die Welt bedeuten by Shaun Usher
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
This was a very interesting book.
I've never read a collection of letters before, so I was quite curious when I started reading it. Because it is composed of various letters from completly different times and people and backgrounds.
And so it was only natural that the content is so diverse, too. And I really liked it. Especially with the contrast of very old and new letters, it felt like traveling back in time. Of course there were some letters I didn't like that much or that weren't that exciting to me, but that's completely okay.
And on the opposite, there were some letters that really, really touched me and I reread them again and again. And again. I think my favourite one has to be the one from Henry James to Grace Norton. It's so brilliant.
I also felt like I learnt quite a lot. For example I didn't know Mahatma Ghandi wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler (it never reached him); or how bad the handwriting of most famous people is. Because the photos of the originals printed next to the translation were often horrible. But it was also so fun to see the originals, it made it so much more authentic to me.
All in all a really sweet, sad, happy, insightful, reflective, informative and hilarious book. And so many more emotions I can't describe. I loved it.
I've never read a collection of letters before, so I was quite curious when I started reading it. Because it is composed of various letters from completly different times and people and backgrounds.
And so it was only natural that the content is so diverse, too. And I really liked it. Especially with the contrast of very old and new letters, it felt like traveling back in time. Of course there were some letters I didn't like that much or that weren't that exciting to me, but that's completely okay.
And on the opposite, there were some letters that really, really touched me and I reread them again and again. And again. I think my favourite one has to be the one from Henry James to Grace Norton. It's so brilliant.
I also felt like I learnt quite a lot. For example I didn't know Mahatma Ghandi wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler (it never reached him); or how bad the handwriting of most famous people is. Because the photos of the originals printed next to the translation were often horrible. But it was also so fun to see the originals, it made it so much more authentic to me.
All in all a really sweet, sad, happy, insightful, reflective, informative and hilarious book. And so many more emotions I can't describe. I loved it.