Sophia’s Reviews > Otherlands: A World in the Making > Status Update

“The very foundations on which Appalachia, Ireland, Scotland and Scandinavia are built are part of the same geological event, the same deep-time range. That they are raised places today is a distant echo of their shared, highland past.”

Wondering what it would be like to read this in reverse. Would maybe provide a timeline to help structure the journey in the absence of storytelling and plot? Still very interesting and beautifully written!

Buckle up everyone, we go again.

…lost in time…

Descriptions really do transport you to other worlds. 🦕🦖🌱
Narrative could be clearer. We go further back in time with each chapter, yet the author brings us back to present or more recent eras constantly.
Melts your brain given you are also trying to keep track of where he’s going with a six line long sentence…

This man loves a long sentence…

Five million years ago and the world map is still pretty recognisable! Learned about the phenomenons of size in islands - dwarfism vs gigantism 🐐

Interesting and quite intense to read. Halliday transports you to previous versions of the world as promised, sometimes at the cost of your brain hurting. Likely to be some of the most descriptive writing I’ve ever read - although it does work in this context.