Here's an interesting review: https://journal.infinitenegativeutility.com/why-i-dont-love-godel-escher-bach https://journal.infinitenegativeutility.com/why-i-d

Here's an interesting review: https://journal.infinitenegativeutility.com/why-i-dont-love-godel-escher-bach https://journal.infinitenegativeutility.com/why-i-dont-love-... It's a negative review, and I agree with all its points. In addition, I don't like Hofstadter's proof of Gödel's theorem - it's so LONG that it's hard to keep track of the parts. (The best proof of Gödel's theorem I've come across was given verbally by John Conway, and he had the opposite strategy - make the proof as brief as possible so that you can easily see an overview of it.) But despite these criticisms, I think it's a wonderful book, and I agree with the idea of giving it to a teenager as an introduction to mathematics. I first read it when I was 14 and went on to do a lot of mathematics and philosophy of mathematics.