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A review by nicoleswanson
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition by Jared Diamond
3.5
While the information contained in this book is fantastic, there’s something about the delivery which made it a slog.
There’s no doubt that the author did impeccably thorough research and presented it in an understandable format. But it’s about as digestible for me as a block of wood. Maybe it’s the run on sentences full of dates which leave my head spinning, or the many lists. When terminology like “an assortment of household artifacts were uncovered” he instead lists a dozen different items. Thorough, but perhaps too much so for me.
I will probably read more of his books, because he’s good and thorough and they’re usually on important topics. But I’ll steel myself to do so incredibly slowly, a chapter here and there while having other books on hand for lighter entertainment.
There’s no doubt that the author did impeccably thorough research and presented it in an understandable format. But it’s about as digestible for me as a block of wood. Maybe it’s the run on sentences full of dates which leave my head spinning, or the many lists. When terminology like “an assortment of household artifacts were uncovered” he instead lists a dozen different items. Thorough, but perhaps too much so for me.
I will probably read more of his books, because he’s good and thorough and they’re usually on important topics. But I’ll steel myself to do so incredibly slowly, a chapter here and there while having other books on hand for lighter entertainment.