Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

6 reviews

_mechita's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

2.25

in one word: traumatic 😀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

rafacolog's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, War, Death, Animal cruelty, Racism, Genocide, and Misogyny

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

spasqual's review

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I think Harari’s speculations toward the end will soon become outdated, but it could still be amusing to reflect on for future readers 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

backatthelibrary's review

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