I wanted to say the opposite. Obviously, the author made a lot of unconventional design decisions, but they were all very well executed, and felt intuitive for

I wanted to say the opposite. Obviously, the author made a lot of unconventional design decisions, but they were all very well executed, and felt intuitive for me. For example, there were a couple of places where the graphs used shapes instead of just bars, but I don't think it ever hurt readability, to speak of.