A review by leonmorinpriest
The Language of Cities by Deyan Sudjic

3.0

The topic of this book is what particularly interested me in initially buying this. Many of the discussions within each chapter were eye opening as well. However, my biggest problem with this book is the organization of discussion. The author focuses on so many things at once it's difficult to even see what their opinion is to establish their point. The final chapters seem redeeming in this quality and I was able to follow it well but majority of the book it seems like they are just entirely moving from one point to the next without much consideration on how it ties together or properly transitioning between topics within the book. I had to put the book down for a bit because it's genuinely hard to follow at times. It's a bit disappointing cause this book examines topics that honestly seem interesting to a reader who isn't particularly familiar with architecture and the study of cities in general. While the chapters, at the end, do provide a good summary of what the chapter intends to be about, I find the constant switching of topics in such a short period to be disorganized when trying to soak in the goal of this book.