The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)

I purchased this as a gift for someone who loves puzzles and linguistics and they are enjoying it very much. Seeing them happy makes me happy!

Got this for my son who is a polyglot. Thought it may be too easy. A few of the exercises were languages he knows well, but most were good for a few minutes of fun

I am obsessed with logic puzzles, but I generally don’t step too far outside of the grid puzzles/recreational math sphere. This book scratches the logic puzzle itch while venturing into a new type of terrain - language!I am no polyglot by any stretch of the imagination, but no outside language skills are needed. This book is challenging, but the majority of the problems can be solved with logic alone (no guessing, and minimal amounts of having to make small leaps).As we go through a huge number of language puzzles, the author also gives background to the etymology and evolution of language (and sometimes numbers) and some other fun facts. For instance, I can now generally determine one of the parents and/or grandparents names of an Icelandic person just by looking at their last name(s).Highly recommend getting this book (preferably in the physical form) if you’re looking for an intellectually stimulating way to spend an afternoon (or 5!). This is the first book of its kind (at least that I’ve encountered) and as someone who goes thru logic books like a child goes through candy on Halloween, a must have.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It is both an interesting and informative read, and also a challenge. I learned a lot and had fun along the way.

I bought it to read on vacation (in a few weeks) but made the mistake of looking at it and now I'm going to have to get another book for vacation, as this one will be done.Buying two as gifts for my sister who teaches English, and friend who is a polyglot professor of Antiquities.As it says, if you like language and logic you will 100% absolutely love this book!

I love learning languages and puzzles. Perfect combination to both!

I purchased this as a gift and they seem to really enjoy it.

This is going to keep us busy for awhile.