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veeples's review against another edition
This is a fairly dull read with sporadic interesting bits, and when I was discussing with a friend about it, she asked if he spent any time talking about salt history in Asia, Africa, or the pre-colonial Americas. He starts in China, but he somewhat dismissively brushes past the Americas in interest of what Western Europeans colonizers do. If he gives any more interest to these three large regions/continents, it’s not in the first half.
rachie816's review against another edition
1.0
Super boring, reads like a textbook. I'm not one to give up on a book, but after 200 pages I just couldn't take it anymore.
bergsteiger's review against another edition
3.0
I have also read Kurlansky's Basque History of the World. I walked away from this book much the same as that one. Topic doesn't sound very interesting, author does well with the topic, throws in some interesting tangents, and at the end I am happy I read it for the knowledge gained but ultimately it does not leave me intrigued. I had to read this book for a paper I did in a class and honestly I would read another Kurlansky book down the road, but only after recharging with some more interesting material first. If you have any desire to learn about salt, pick it up, otherwise maybe wait till later.
natelm2nd's review
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Checked this out of the library when I was 15 or 16? Its pretty good, the paperback is somehow smaller than the hardback!