Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Im Grunde gut: Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit by Rutger Bregman

7 reviews

littki's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, War, Colonisation, Homophobia, Violence, Genocide, Murder, Slavery, Grief, Sexism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Misogyny

Minor: Cannibalism

karen_lo's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

So, so good. Hopeful, funny, interesting, all backed up by science, with complicated topics explained in a very casual, easy way. A true realistic view of humankind (and it's nothing to do with the view we usually have). 
I learned A LOT. Everyone should read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, War, Violence, and Gun violence

ajcham01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. An inspiring read from start to finish that encourages us to take on the brave and difficult task of trusting one another and choosing peace, kindness, and collaboration within systems that assume we will do the opposite. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Genocide, and Police brutality

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

A really moving read! It makes me sad to think about how far we have falling, how society has taken away so much of our humanity, but I feel hopeful from the historical examples and inspired by the modern ones of the ways that people have and will continue to love and fight for each other. I want to take this energy and go out into my community! Be a realistic; make the world a better place :) What stops this from being a full 5 star read for me, is only that I would have appreciated more intersectionality in the applications of these ideas and I think that further reading could provide that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Genocide, Classism, Antisemitism, War, Hate crime, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racism, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Slavery, Islamophobia, Addiction, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Religious bigotry

piaura's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Genocide, Death, Antisemitism, and Gun violence

Minor: Colonisation, Racism, Islamophobia, and Hate crime

gwells509's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

I definitely needed this book right now especially after the last 5 years of global politics and a pandemic. 

Brought back my hope for humanity and solidified my belief that humans are good, actually. I think there are points where it maybe didn't go into quite as much detail as I would have liked (or was perhaps necessary) and some things were glossed over, but I also think that makes it very accessible to the masses who I think should all definitely give this book a read. 

Excited to get my own copy to annotate!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault

littlekingham's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, and War