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A review by duchessofreadin
The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster by John O'Connor
2.0
Overall, this was an interesting read, with a decent amount of information on not only Bigfoot, but other wildlife as well.
What took away from the overall star rating? Seriously authors, we read books like this to dive into fun topics, and learn a bit about what we may not know. We don't want your social commentary running through it. There seems to be a very huge contempt here from the author, and while I am an independent voter, his disdain and over spewing really turned me off on this book. I had to take it in chunks, as I just wanted to hear more about Bigfoot, and not so much the social commentary that he felt was so needed in this book (it wasn't, and the book would have been better off for it).
Really enjoyed the bits about Bigfoot that he managed to find time to discuss.
What took away from the overall star rating? Seriously authors, we read books like this to dive into fun topics, and learn a bit about what we may not know. We don't want your social commentary running through it. There seems to be a very huge contempt here from the author, and while I am an independent voter, his disdain and over spewing really turned me off on this book. I had to take it in chunks, as I just wanted to hear more about Bigfoot, and not so much the social commentary that he felt was so needed in this book (it wasn't, and the book would have been better off for it).
Really enjoyed the bits about Bigfoot that he managed to find time to discuss.