Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

7 reviews

123jasminetea's review

3.0

informative inspiring slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, War

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

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   A wholly depressing, yet interesting, and well-researched look at the history of humans.  A great read if you're a nerd, but better for when the world isn't falling around us. 

   If you are easily offended by a non-Christian/Abrahamic religious or non-capitalist look at the history of humans, then this book is NOT for you. A part offends most if they consider things emotionally and not logically/objectively. 

  This book makes you think critically about our history, religions, and economic systems. Although I did have to take a mental health break, as it has an overall grim outlook on the future.

Overall, it's a fascinating read. 

Narrator Rating: 3.75 stars

   The narrator did a decent job, but nothing special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation

andreamhi's review

3.5

challenging dark funny informative reflective slow-paced

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I started reading this because my therapist lent me this book to help me with my existential crisis and if anything it made it worse, but it was interesting I guess. It was a tough read though, I almost never read nonfiction books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, War, Classism

rafacolog's review against another edition

1.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

keishac13's review

4.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Violence, Colonisation

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, War

greebkit's review

3.0

informative slow-paced

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I think the one thing this book does really well is emphasize that early man was little different than any other species of animal. There are some really interesting early history facts, but I do not kike that the author did not cite his sources. Instead, he provides his sources on a separate website you must go and find if you care to learn more or gain context. 
I did not care for some real obvious misogyny and racism. It is very obvious that the author has issues with women and it is not healthy. After I read this book, I found out the author was gay and that does explain his obvious revulsion, but he offers up his biases and opinions as facts. There were a lot of points he was arguing that seemed like opinions rather than facts, but, because of the lack of citations, I have no idea if they have even the slightest basis in truth. 
Still, there were several interesting topics and I would say it is an interesting read when he is sticking to actual history. I'd say it is a good starting point from which to go to more in-depth writings on the subject.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism

karenaerts's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

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

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