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#Panton2022
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TheAromaofBooks
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Mehso-so

I enjoy nonfiction about random topics, so a book focused on the London under London sounded like a good fit for me. Unfortunately, I found this book ultimately disappointing, mainly because Ackroyd didn't particularly take the time to organize his information or go in depth about many of the things he mentioned. Instead, this book felt very fragmentary, almost like an outline for a book instead of the actual book. It's only 205 very small pages ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) and contains no maps! He would toss out intriguing factoids, but never follow up on them. In the end, I just found myself wanting more. This book didn't really teach me anything, and Ackroyd seemed more interested in emphasizing (constantly) how “mysterious“ the underground is and how it's associated with things like death and darkness, yet also safety and security... but then just kind of wandering away without really getting into it. ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) There is a lot of potential here, and this wasn't a BAD book per se, as I did find bits of it interesting, I just wish that this book was about twice as long and full of maps! 😂

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#Panton2022 @Clwojick
#AwesomeApril - 1037/1200pgs @Andrew65
2y
Clwojick Woohoo! 👏🏻👏🏻 2y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 2y
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