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nypeapod's review against another edition
5.0
Who knew salt was so fascinating and here is why you might want to read this book. I listened to the audio version and I highly recommend the audio version.
1. History: This book covers centuries of history from many areas of the world.
2. Trivia: This book is full of wonderful little bits of trivia that almost seem "throwaway" lines in the book, but will strike you as amazing.
3. Cultural Understanding: It certainly increases your cultural knowledge of many different "ethnic" groups.
1. History: This book covers centuries of history from many areas of the world.
2. Trivia: This book is full of wonderful little bits of trivia that almost seem "throwaway" lines in the book, but will strike you as amazing.
3. Cultural Understanding: It certainly increases your cultural knowledge of many different "ethnic" groups.
bethanyam's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.5
Salt is an almost fascinating book, but the history of trade and cheese-making, salting fish, etc. only interested me so much.
bbyrealm's review against another edition
I don't think I'm allowed to review this with how little I was able to get through, but maybe that's a review in itself.
I was recommended to read this book by someone who visits me often at my job because I was told it was the only book interesting enough for him, despite being dyslexic, to read - which is great for him - but trying to will myself to read this is painful. Almost like rubbing salt in a wound. Ha.
Interesting history but kinda spirals into fun facts with no real connection or anything to SAY which is a shame with how interesting salt actually is. I feel like I'm going crazy.
I was recommended to read this book by someone who visits me often at my job because I was told it was the only book interesting enough for him, despite being dyslexic, to read - which is great for him - but trying to will myself to read this is painful. Almost like rubbing salt in a wound. Ha.
Interesting history but kinda spirals into fun facts with no real connection or anything to SAY which is a shame with how interesting salt actually is. I feel like I'm going crazy.
taffymyametalumi's review against another edition
3.0
If you like an extended, in-depth book about how salt has shaped the world, boy is this book for you! I'm not really into that, so I honestly had to force myself to finish it, but it really goes into how important salt is and how far humans have gone to have it. An excellent work of non-fiction, even though it wasn't my cup of tea.