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Title: Too technical for the average enthusiast
Review: No doubt this book is of great value to the professional, but to the enthusiast not trained in the field of odonatology this book is way too technical. I found myself reading and re-reading not a few portions of the text to try to understand the terminology, but even with descriptive drawings I found it unintelligible on many points. The only way to understand what Tillyard describes would be to have an expert demonstrate on a real life specimen. I gave it a three stars for its wealth of information, but only that because it left me shaking my head and wanting to put the book down every time I dove into it to attempt another go of it. It sits on my shelf and collects much dust. If I had been able to see and read some of it myself, I would never have purchased it.
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