Had I known this contained a lot of emails, figures and artwork, I'd have read it instead of listened to it. I feel like it lost a lot of it's charm that way.
Content-wise it was entertaining and interesting and I'm dying to visit the scale model walkway museum (Yes, I already forgot it's name, sorry). Also I'll definitely read other of Tyson's books, simply because space is a highly intriguing topic and I loved his style of writing.

Tyson changed my views on Pluto with this book.

The funniest astronomy book I've ever read. The important takeaway is just because you don't believe a fact doesn't make it any less true. When I first heard that Pluto was no longer a planet, nostalgia kicked in and I felt bad. But after reading this fun book, I'm just a little wiser about the components of our solar system.

This was enlightening. It gives an inside look at the scientific process and how much outer space captures people's imagination. Maybe not quite enough content for a book, but here we are

I downloaded this book for Fernando and I to listen to together. The book tells the history of Pluto from it's discover to it's eventual demotion to dwarf planet. The author includes a lot of pop culture information as well as scientific information. Enjoyable listen for both Fernando and I and provided us with some chuckles as well as many conversations about the planets.

After reading Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, I was pumped to read this. What a disappointing follow up. Felt kluged together, super defensive, not a great read. As a side note, because of all of the photos, etc, it was on glossy pages, which I hate to read.

I am a huge fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson. HUGE. But, this book, like the last one of his that I read (Death by Black Hole) was repetitive and, even more than the other one, empty of substance. This was just a telling of the minutiae of the debate over Pluto, including letters from schoolchildren and even song lyrics. I was hoping for a more in-depth scientific discussion of the properties of the Jovian and terrestrial planets and the bodies in the Kuiper belt. There was a bit of that (the same handful of facts repeated over and over and over), but not nearly enough to keep this book interesting.

I guess I just don't care that much about Pluto one way or another.

An easy, entertaining read - a bit of science but more about experiences and opinions around Pluto’s demotion and how Neil deGrasse Tyson experienced it.