Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

This isn't so much a book as a series of really long guest lectures from a university professor. I half expected Power Point slides with the audio book.

For a book, the writing style is unprofessional with a snarky attitude. He half sounds like Barney Stinson, quite often using the constructions and wait of it..., or using the same descriptions over and over, such as blew away like autumn leaves.

The author's reading of his own book only added to the lecture feeling. He had a hard time not laughing at his own “witty” remarks and apologizing for plugging his other books.

Despite the fact that I have no training and very little knowledge of linguistics or etymology, I found myself less sympathetic to his view of the history, because of his style of writing and reading.