Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Sapiens: Een kleine geschiedenis van de mensheid by Yuval Noah Harari

4 reviews

scifipunk's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was a very informative and yet surprisingly entertaining recap of literally, the history of humankind as modern scientists understand it.
There is a lot of information in there, but the lively style makes it easy to read regardless.
I enjoyed that Harari manages to approach complicated issues from multiple perspectives and explains controversies among scientists very well. All opinions given are explained, and the author interestingly does not leave out issues he does not have a satisfying answer or explanation for (yet), but rather admits to that and moves on.
I also noticed that the translator localized all examples or comparisons, and did so very well.
This is one of the books that I see myself re-reading over and over in the future, and I truly wish it had been around when I was a child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Genocide

Minor: Child death, Slavery, War, Violence, and Sexism

burnt_milk's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Overall a really interesting read with a lot to say about our place in the world and especially what we deem "progress". However there was such a rudimentary view of gender even for 2014 - no acknowledgement of intersex people, and while there is some talk about gender roles and differentiating gender from sex, the author avoids talking about trans people, and clumsily uses "he or she" for every example.
I've read in other reviews that there are also a few factual inaccuracies in the text.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, War, Death, Child death, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia

karenaerts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Slavery

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

backatthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicide, and Violence