A Natural History of the Senses
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Diane Ackerman’s lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. “Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.”–The New York Times. (Literature–Classics & Contemporary)Amazon.com Review
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Icky! The last sentence of every paragraph is meant to be overtly thought provoking. How much better the book would be if Diane spent more time making the whole chapter good rather than just the last sentence. I was able to flip through the book at random and read the last sentences to my husband to illustrate how desperately deep this woman tries to be and he said that with just the few sentences I pulled, there is no way he could sit through a whole book filled with such pap. I was introduced to this book after telling someone about “Botany of Desire” and they felt that “A Natural History of the Senses” would be something I would enjoy. It is not a history of history or the senses, or nature. It took three tries for me to get past the first PAGE and agony to get through the entire book. Utter Torture. Utter Pap. I love books of all sorts, but this was a waste of time, ink, printing presses and effort.
Rating: 1 / 5
Tedious, cutesy and dull. Cloying and annoyingly precious. No point whatsoever. I read it and gave it away.
Rating: 1 / 5
I agree with another reader who felt that this was a collection of personal anecdotes that seemed at times far-fetched. It should have been more truthfully titled “The Natural History of Diane Ackerman’s Senses”. I couldn’t read the whole thing, it got very cloying and the language tried too titillate more than convey knowledge. I did not care how unruly and sensual her hair is, nor did I care to read about her kissing experiences. You can be sure I’m avoiding her book on Love, too.
Rating: 1 / 5
A Natural History of the Senses is probably not the kind of book
you might expect a “real” guy to read. Well, I am and I did, and I truly enjoyed most of what Diane Ackerman wrote. Unfortunately, like many books, it loses something of its wallop as your read progresses but I found the early chapters sensually intense and explicit to the point of jogging memory of exotic places and scents almost forgotten. In my opinion well worth the invested time. “Thanks for the memories”.
Rating: 4 / 5
A Natural History of the Senses is probably not the kind of book
you might expect a “real” guy to read. Well, I am and I did, and I truly enjoyed most of what Diane Ackerman wrote. Unfortunately, like many books, it loses something of its wallop as your read progresses but I found the early chapters sensually intense and explicit to the point of jogging memory of exotic places and scents almost forgotten. In my opinion well worth the invested time. “Thanks for the memories”.
Rating: 4 / 5