Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
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Genres: Literature & Fiction, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Nonfiction, Medical Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Nonfiction, Medical Books
Book Type: Hardcover
I was very excited to read this book. The subject fascinated me. Unfortunately, I really had a hard time sticking with it and was quite disappointed in the end. It seems like I am a minority on this because even the people who gave it poor reviews did so for different reasons than I am about to.
When I read a book about a certain subject, it is because I want to learn about that subject and not everything else. In this case I felt the author did a lot of veering on each chapter that was quite unnecessary. She would start off telling you about the day or how she came across the book. Then she would talk a bit about it which would veer it to something in history, that would go to the owner and their history and then even more history and so on and so on until the end of the chapter we get back to the book and then it is over. I don't mind extra learning material spattered throughout but I felt that I got a lot more history than I cared to know. Almost like the author was trying to show how smart she is. I think I would've loved this better if it was just about the books (both the human skinned ones and the ones that they found were not human) and the basic history behind them. Sadly, I was mostly bored with a bit of excitement here and there.
When I read a book about a certain subject, it is because I want to learn about that subject and not everything else. In this case I felt the author did a lot of veering on each chapter that was quite unnecessary. She would start off telling you about the day or how she came across the book. Then she would talk a bit about it which would veer it to something in history, that would go to the owner and their history and then even more history and so on and so on until the end of the chapter we get back to the book and then it is over. I don't mind extra learning material spattered throughout but I felt that I got a lot more history than I cared to know. Almost like the author was trying to show how smart she is. I think I would've loved this better if it was just about the books (both the human skinned ones and the ones that they found were not human) and the basic history behind them. Sadly, I was mostly bored with a bit of excitement here and there.
