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The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted by Mark Forsyth
zdustball's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
missdaisy17's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
waffley's review
reflective
4.0
It was an interesting read, sometimes i think about things like this and it amazed me i found my thoughts in a random essay ahahahah. Guess i found 1 unknown unknown this week.
-1 star because i didnt like the Pride & Prejudice joke he did hahaha i mean i get it was a joke, but it was a bit misogynistic.
-1 star because i didnt like the Pride & Prejudice joke he did hahaha i mean i get it was a joke, but it was a bit misogynistic.
cristiangarcia's review
5.0
I have no clue on how I came across this book-essay but I LOVED IT. Got me thinking a whole lot and translated vague thoughts I had into actual sentences. This book was written by someone who realize about the many things we don't know we don't know and that is wonderful. Simply wonderful.
cyanistes's review
3.0
Nothing new in this book. I disagree with the arguments against online bookshops and ebooks. There are arguments to be made in this respect but they are not in this book.
altairetc's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Important message (that I wholly agree with) but it gets a bit redundant halfway through.
solanpolarn's review
4.0
Funny, but rather long-winded praise for the 'real' use of a "Good Bookshop": finding books you didn't even know existed, that you want to read. Forsyth also manages to defend the online bookshop as the convenient provider of the books you knew you wanted to read.
lilyrebecca's review
5.0
“Lord, deliver us from what we already know we wanted. Give us some new desires, the weirder the better” p. 19