179 reviews for:

The Urge: Our History of Addiction

Carl Erik Fisher

3.94 AVERAGE

saaramyrene's review

4.5

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

sydneybooks13's review

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

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This was just too dry for me 

maviemerveilleuse's review

4.5

informative reflective slow-paced

ckurnath003's review

3.5

informative slow-paced

booksareoxygen's review against another edition

3.5

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

farfromginger's review

4.5

challenging informative slow-paced

sipsbetweenpages's review against another edition

4.0

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Especially during a pandemic, addictions run wild in our society. This book put a very interesting spin on the troubles that many experience by navigating the history of substances and addictions. Easier to read than I had anticipated, this was very interesting and thought-provoking overall. I would recommend this book to anyone who struggles with substances, knows/loves someone who does and also anyone who is just curious about why and how our society came to rely so heavily on certain substances.

Thank you to the author and publishers for the advance copy!

megabooks's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

surfacenoise's review against another edition

3.75

informative medium-paced