stirling's review

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adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

urn's review

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3.0

I like the idea of this book better than the execution.

Pinchbeck's personal narratives are interesting enough, and would make a passable film memoir on their own. His contextual descriptions of various other cultures and thinkers really ruins this book, though. As another review states, the journalistic tone is clear. His personal anecdotes aside, this reads like a really dry literature review / annotated bibliography.

Oh well.
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