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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
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A nice way to enlighten the impact humans have and have had on the world.
A historic view together with knowledge from biology, which is nicely incorporated. I enjoyed reading it.
A historic view together with knowledge from biology, which is nicely incorporated. I enjoyed reading it.
I loved this. I think I have too little of an attention span to comprehend Sapiens the novel, so this was a great alternative. And the images really helped with remembering certain things like different kinds of homos and other more complicated concepts. Since this was the biggest graphic novel I've ever read, I'm pretty sure it covers a looot of the theory in the novel and hasn't cut out much so I don't think you miss out on a lot when reading this instead of the novel.
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Absolute must read. Super easy to understand and very inspiring.
funny
informative
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Nice book. It gives some real interesting ideas about Sapiens mindset. And it is funny, if you like history taught that way.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
I've been recently been exploring graphical representations of Big History. See https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64581.The_Cartoon_History_of_the_Universe_I_Vol_1_7
This one is quite good and I will definitely share it with my (future) children.
Harari and the illustrators do a good job of explaining the role of myths in early human history, while simultaneously making it quite fun. (For example, there's a scene where someone is trying to remember a WiFi password, while Harari talks about language more generally.)
However, I found the final 1/3rd of the book lacking. It's an exploration of the different historical perspectives towards the extinction of megafauna. Did humans do it? Or what is the weather? Personally, I read this for an overview of myths in visual form, not a dive into historical and archeological debates.
Another gripe: The book doesn't leverage the visual narrative style nearly well enough. I could've been a delightful story that follows humans through time. Instead, Harari was in most of the panels explaining history. It felt more like a visualized tour with Harari through early human history, rather than being immersed in the story itself.
This one is quite good and I will definitely share it with my (future) children.
Harari and the illustrators do a good job of explaining the role of myths in early human history, while simultaneously making it quite fun. (For example, there's a scene where someone is trying to remember a WiFi password, while Harari talks about language more generally.)
However, I found the final 1/3rd of the book lacking. It's an exploration of the different historical perspectives towards the extinction of megafauna. Did humans do it? Or what is the weather? Personally, I read this for an overview of myths in visual form, not a dive into historical and archeological debates.
Another gripe: The book doesn't leverage the visual narrative style nearly well enough. I could've been a delightful story that follows humans through time. Instead, Harari was in most of the panels explaining history. It felt more like a visualized tour with Harari through early human history, rather than being immersed in the story itself.
funny
hopeful
informative
fast-paced