A delightful little book in that it is quite literally two books with opposing view points sharing the same binding. The books are turned so that when one is right side up the other is upside down. Each start at one cover and then meet in the middle. In fact I spent a minute or two flipping it over in my hands trying to figure out which was supposed to be the front of the book. Try as I might it seems that all the ways I could think of to determine a front and back were already covered. Each side had barcode and it's own copyright page the text on the inside of the dust jacket was set up appropriately for each. Each half is a collection of quotes and factoids that either support optimism or pessimism. I didn't read all of the Optimists side but I thoroughly enjoyed it and would not complain if it were in my personal collection. I'm going to have to give it an 8/10
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