It's rare that I'll read a non-fiction/self-help/research based book and think, "that wasn't long enough." Aaaaaaand... that's still the case with Burn.

I was optimistic about this book from sentence one, as the author weaves personal anecdotes well with his research findings. However it became quickly clear to me that the scope he gives is just... too large.

When you write a research book that promises on the cover to change the way people think about burning fat / diet culture, you have to deliver to the impatient masses (aka, me). The tagline of the book is literally "New research blows the lid off how we really burn calories, lose weight, and stay healthy." But Herman Pontzer gave so much background information to try to color the context of his research, but it just caused his research to get lost in the noise.

Ultimately it was soooo much scientific information I didn't care about. Because the tagline that was promised wasn't delivering.