A review by rdyourbookcase
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science by Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

3.0

If you're looking for hardcore research and a book that reads like a history textbook, this is what you've been hoping to find! There were a lot of facts in this book - more than other nonfiction books I've read lately. I was surprised. I thought it would have more variety based on the subtitle that I saw: "A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science." Really, it should have been, "A Story of Slavery and Freedom." That was a bulk (about 80%) of the content.

If I was doing a research paper on this topic, this would be an amazing source. Alas, I was not, and I was bored.