Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

14 reviews

allegrahistory's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

This is an excellent book that covers centuries of history in one book. This book  does a lot different things, it could have been three separate books in terms of the subject matter covered. An archaeology book, a book on evolutionary biology,  the history of economics. Overall the book was good, it was almost like a textbook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Racism

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

spasqual's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

2.75

I kind of had to force myself through the third quarter of this book. It did get interesting again in the last quarter, but the first half is definitely the most colorful. 

I think Harari’s speculations toward the end will soon become outdated, but it could still be amusing to reflect on for future readers 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, and Animal cruelty

emberthestylesage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was even better than I expected it to be, exploring so many important and interesting topics from a slightly different angle than they are usually explored and really requiring you to think about concepts many of us take for granted. I'm excited to read the follow up book too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty