This book does not live up to what I imagined it might be. I thought it would be eye opening and insightful, and instead I just found it very dry. It was like I was reading a high school science textbook and an English textbook at the same time, the information was presented to you in that kind of nap-inducing manner. But I couldn’t help but be surprised, especially after reading about the importance of adhering to the English rules of grammar in the introduction, when I found a grammatical error less than fifty pages in. For me, that was the most exciting thing in the entire text.
In the introduction, six parts, and appendix, part three was the only section that I found mildly interesting, or less dry at least, but it definitely peaked there and then fell off. I will say, there is a lot of well thought out information in this book. It is definitely a must read if you are either a law student or considering studying law, I imagine it would be very helpful for learning techniques to implement in the courtroom. Each chapter ends with summary and exercises, and although I did read the summary I did not practice any of the exercises. I didn’t think pursuing the exercises would be worth my time, much like I now feel about having read this book. It’s well written and very educational, it’s just not the kind of knowledge I was interested in gaining.
Nonfiction and Nonsense 