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Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill

gbelter's review against another edition

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dark informative

3.0


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billbless1987's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

lzcvgdn's review against another edition

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Will come back to it later. 

jbartak's review against another edition

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I found this book to be too dry and wide in scope despite the interesting thesis 

racing_with_time's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.5

lilnormbean's review against another edition

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I couldn’t get into it

bookglutton's review against another edition

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This was just…so dense. I’m really fascinated by the ideas presented here but reading it was like trying to swim through quicksand. 

beaumcneleley's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

3.0

smalleevee's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

2.75

txwitch80's review against another edition

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2.0

The author is well informed and knows his subject well, but I felt like I was reading a dissertation. I was easily distracted while reading and had to remind myself to keep reading.