abevigodless's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't finish because, after being intrigued by the (hugely fascinating) subject and the framing as a How To Live-style study of Browne, I became frustrated with the blandly "pop science" approach that surfaced the deeper I went. Stick to Sarah Bakewell's masterful How To Live (which is about Montaigne) or even Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve and, if you're interested in Browne, try WG Sebald's astonishing The Rings of Saturn and, indeed, Browne's own essays, a few of which were recently republished by NYRB Classics with an introduction by Greenblatt and Ramie Targoff.
persey's review against another edition
2.0
The author's "conversation" with Sir Thomas Browne cost this a star.
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