A review by elyssam
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould

informative slow-paced

3.5

Wonderful Life audiobook is a great way to read the popular text and learn the details of the Burgess Shale. The Narrator was engaging. In a more academic focused non-fiction, a personal worry was that it would be read in monotone and not catch my attention but it was the complete opposite! It had many anecdotal elements as well as a hopeful tone about the natural history and science surrounding the Burgess Shale. I really enjoyed the comparisons to popular media: films, books, and poems. I wouldn’t necessarily reccomend this to every reader, I think having a interest in the subject would help reader’s/listener’s enjoy the book. I also think having a copy of the print or ebook would help people follow along better as a lot of information is packed in. Those with a trilobite interest and the ability to follow along to a science-laden text, this is the audiobook for you!