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The Vast Extent: On Seeing and Not Seeing Further by Lavinia Greenlaw

bibliolinde's review

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

eheslosz's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5

Initially I was blown away by the style and form, but once I got used to it there were a few science-ish sections that were too densely explained. But still this is an incredible creative non-fiction read, and I love the 'exploded essay' concept.

This book is about how we see things and how we experience perception when we cannot see, when things are dark or blank or absent or blindingly bright. Really interesting and connected to lots of things I want to explore creatively.

jejunus's review against another edition

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3.5

This was interesting! it's a series of essays - some more compelling than others, but each had something that was worth detailed examination - it dragged in parts but i'm trying to read more non-fic and this is a great place to start for me. 

katieosha's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective

4.75

arewenotben's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

Fascinating in places but found the style repetitive and became a bit of a struggle by the end

william63's review against another edition

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challenging informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.75