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3/5 stars

well this is exactly what it says on the tin (and blurb), so i can't really fault them for that. i appreciate the fact that there was more diversity than i usually see in collections like these, though at times it still felt very western, discounting a few entries. i think that appendix a was an interesting read, and liked that they gave relatively well rounded biographies of the people they spoke about

i just wasn't the most GRABBED by this book. it's information so i get why i wouldn't be hanging on the edge of my seat, but it still felt very cut and dry at times. i don't want to discredit the work and research put into it, but at times it did feel like an expanded listicle and i wish there had just been a little something more? i really don't know