Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

6 reviews

heather667's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Death, Animal cruelty, and Torture

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Dementia, Alcoholism, Violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Grief, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Cancer, Gun violence, and Ableism

dicny's review

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.25

This book was eye-opening in a lot of ways and I will absolutely be prioritizing my sleep in the future. It did at times get very scientific and I felt my eyes glazing over (a silly complaint, I know). The upside is that those chapters helped me fall asleep. I enjoyed the parts that got into public health implications of sleep and the effects that sleep has on memory and creativity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Car accident

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This book is incredibly informative about sleep and corrects many myths that we commonly think of when it comes to sleep in our own lives. I learned many things that will help me in my own life and with my own sleep cycle.

The book doesn't get a higher rating for me, because it felt like the author claims sleep deprivation is the cause of many conditions and historical events (e.g., the Chernobyl disaster) without adequate sources nor a nuanced lens. These claims therefore feel hyperbolic compared to the rest of the book's diligent research.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Fatphobia

CAR ACCIDENT: Graphic description of car accident. ABLEISM: Moderate. The author implies a relationship between poor sleep and several health conditions such as autism, ADHD and substance abuse. In doing so, he frequently uses ableist language and/or ideas. On page 315, he criticizes the use of stimulants for treatment of ADHD when his expertise is not on this condition nor its management. Instead, this argument comes off as critical of all who manage ADHD using medication. As well, on page 317, the author describes someone as being a "helpless drug addict" and their drug use as being "a dirty secret...and a sad habit". ANIMAL CRUELTY: Graphic. Several descriptions of animal testing that vary in levels of detail. For some, the author expressed sympathy to the suffering of the testing animals. FATPHOBIA: Minor. The author conflates obesity with other health conditions without research to back these claims.

scripturient's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Torture

greymalkin's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

A fascinating topic, written in a conversational and lighthearted way.  The sections on sleeping pills and melatonin were particularly informative.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt