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I was really looking forward to this one and while I did find it really interesting, it was also a little to detailed/technical in places which made it a little harder to follow, especially as there was no glossary or footnotes to clarify these points. I'm sure if I was more familiar with the study of languages this wouldn't have been a problem but as a science nerd, languages are not my strong point. That aside I did enjoy the bits I could follow, which was a large majority of the book, and the
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This book has a wide remit: everything about how our brains read, from the development of the earliest writing systems to what happens in cases of dyslexia. I thought that the early parts were covered very well, but it diverged in the middle, and the section on dyslexia didn't seem very practical or well supported with facts. For example the author fell into the fallacy of jumping from "some famous artists and architects were dyslexic" to "people with dyslexia make better artists and architects"
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I had hoped for more from this book, but it is very scientific and I found it really got bogged down, especially towards the end with the long discussion on dyslexia. Perhaps because I haven't experienced, nor has anyone in my family, I didn't feel as invested in the topic as the author - the reality is, it is her area not just of expertise, but her research area and she has children who experience it. But I really couldn't find the same enthusiasm.
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Feb 05, 2012
Betty
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