A review by jyb
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time/The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking

challenging informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed the content, but around 15% of the time Hawking explains that because of A, B should be obvious, when it really isn’t. However, most of the descriptions are understandable (if only because I already knew the general basics of the book). The illustrations felt kind of pointless at times and only helped visualize his explanations maybe 20% of the time. Combining A Brief History of Time and Universe in a Nutshell also kind of felt a little useless, as the latter overlaps with the former for almost the entirety of the book, and began explaining science unique to it only at the end. However, most of the content in general was interesting and contained information I hadn’t learned before, which I liked. 4.25 stars.