The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was in my Audible queue for a long time and I can’t remember for the life of me how I got in contact with it. Boy, was I glad I did and I am very grateful to my former self. This was a great book that let me appreciate literature and writing in general. Like an enthusiastic teacher with a passion for the written word, that is rather infective and makes you excited yourself. It did give me insight in the various ways to improve my rhymes and learn about the beauty of language instead of just its effectiveness. However, I found that due to the sheer volume of topics discussed that they are not well remembered, so it would be helpful to read a summary again. Or to write one myself and keep only the things I found useful myself.
The way the author linked two sequential topics was very tactfully done and often quite humorous. Recommended book.