I am so thankful for being granted an arc of Why Is This A Question? but I feel I am not smart enough to write a review worthy of just how good this book is. I know this sounds bad, but I learned SO MUCH from reading this book that I actually felt dumb while reading it as there were so many thoughts and concepts explored in this book that I NEVER once contemplated and I am almost 40 years old. Why did I never think of this things?!

Language is a funny thing in that it's just (or rather WAS) something that I just didn't think about. It was just something that I use every single day of my life without a second thought behind where it came from, why it sounds the way it does, why words look the way they do, etc.. The more I read this book the more questions I had! And this is a good thing!

Why Is This A Question? was such a compulsive read and I'm sitting here just thinking about how I have been living my entire life taking language for granted without knowing or caring about the significance and history of it. I have a brand new and utter fascination for language and am going to be re-reading this soon as this is a book that was bit overwhelming to take in (for me, personally), and I want to really get an in-depth grasp on everything I just read. This book does not feel like reading a textbook or like you're just having info dumped down your throat. It was a highly enjoyable read that constantly had me pausing and putting the book down and audibly saying "WOW" or "Why did I never think of this/that?"

Paul Anthony Jones did his homework and it shows. He knows SO MUCH about things that I never gave a single thought to but now can't stop thinking about. This is in my top 5 arcs that I have received this year and will be recommending to my friends and family. I also will absolutely be adding this to my library when the hard copy version is released.

5 out of 5 stars. Perfection. Thank you for making me a smarter, more well-informed individual who is now more intellectually curious about the things I once considered mundane. LOVED THIS..