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A review by lela
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf by Oliver Sacks
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
I haven't picked this up in 2 weeks so I'm officially DNFing. 2 main reasons I'm not finishing:
1. Footnotes are too much. In the intro Sacks says these were articles that he published independently then beefed up and put together to make this book and it seems to me that he kept all his additions in the footnotes rather than rewriting/restructuring parts of his original articles. I love a footnote but these are so frequent and so long it REALLY breaks up the flow of the articles and makes it hard to get into
2. Outdated takes. I was expecting this going in, its hardly a surprise but I though it would be an interesting read to take with a hefty grain of salt. The fact that its outdated AND difficult to get through... just not worth it
1. Footnotes are too much. In the intro Sacks says these were articles that he published independently then beefed up and put together to make this book and it seems to me that he kept all his additions in the footnotes rather than rewriting/restructuring parts of his original articles. I love a footnote but these are so frequent and so long it REALLY breaks up the flow of the articles and makes it hard to get into
2. Outdated takes. I was expecting this going in, its hardly a surprise but I though it would be an interesting read to take with a hefty grain of salt. The fact that its outdated AND difficult to get through... just not worth it