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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
13 reviews
laurareads87's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I could not more enthusiastically give a book five stars. Ed Yong's An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us is meticulously well researched, well written, thoughtful, utterly fascinating, and includes both moments of humour - being punched by a mantis shrimp! - and, of course, tragedy. It is a text that is world-opening: while we cannot truly know what it is like to be any other species, Yong's exploration of how my other-than-human neighbours navigate, communicate, and express their curiosity has deepened and enriched my own experience of my surroundings. Even better? After concluding reading, I've begun thinking about how I can be a better neighbour by mitigating the light pollution emitted by my home. I am immensely grateful for this book and anticipate gifting it to others.
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
rmperezpadilla's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
This was an absolute joy to read, and I’m especially glad to have listened to the audiobook. Yong’s explanations are clear throughout and his amazement at how animals experience the world is contagious. Would give 6 stars if I could!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Descriptions throughout of testing done on animals — skip the chapter on pain to avoid the vast majority of descriptions of animal suffering, and perhaps the final chapter as well.tea_at_mole_end's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty
kappafrog's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
4.75
What a fantastic science book! A true triumph. This book has forever changed how I see the world. I had my mind blown in every chapter. Yong has a real gift for making biology accessible. He did a great job conveying concepts that are difficult for us to conceptualize. I have been recommending this book to everyone since I started it a few months ago. Read this book and discover the world as it has always existed around you but been hidden to your senses.
The only reason it's not a full 5/5 is because there were some parts that were pretty slow. Still, I think that's because some animals' stories will grab people more than others and Yong was trying to offer up a wide array of examples.
This is one of my favourite science books now, right up there with Braiding Sweetgrass. Like that book, An Immense World has opened my eyes - and all of my senses - to new ways of experiencing the world. And as a fun bonus, I'm going to incorporate things I learned from it into sci-fi and fantasy world building because WOW, there is so much untapped potential here! There is so much info in this book that it will definitely bear re-reading in the future.
The only reason it's not a full 5/5 is because there were some parts that were pretty slow. Still, I think that's because some animals' stories will grab people more than others and Yong was trying to offer up a wide array of examples.
This is one of my favourite science books now, right up there with Braiding Sweetgrass. Like that book, An Immense World has opened my eyes - and all of my senses - to new ways of experiencing the world. And as a fun bonus, I'm going to incorporate things I learned from it into sci-fi and fantasy world building because WOW, there is so much untapped potential here! There is so much info in this book that it will definitely bear re-reading in the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, and Ableism
mscalls's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
alyxinthestars's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
aileron's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
sarahweyand's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
I have told a lot of people that this book is like the Planet Earth TV series in literature form, and I really think that's the best way to describe it. I learned so much while reading, more than almost any nonfiction book I've read this year. Yong is a wonderful author and is so thorough, yet readable. It takes a great amount of work to convey the senses through text, and I think he did a fantastic job. I could easily see this book being turned into a miniseries.
An Immense World is certainly not light reading. While Yong succeeds in breaking down complex topics and ideas into digestible chunks of information, this isn't exactly a beach read. At times I felt the pace was a little slow, and I occasionally felt like I was drowning in new concepts..
If you're willing to get down an dirty with a dense but beautiful text about some new and familiar animals, this is absolutely the book for you.
An Immense World is certainly not light reading. While Yong succeeds in breaking down complex topics and ideas into digestible chunks of information, this isn't exactly a beach read. At times I felt the pace was a little slow, and I occasionally felt like I was drowning in new concepts..
If you're willing to get down an dirty with a dense but beautiful text about some new and familiar animals, this is absolutely the book for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
immovabletype's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
zosiablue's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This was wonderful. Friend Kat said it was revolutionary and I agree with them - a nature book written entirely in the animals' world, instead of seeing their world through human eyes, creates an entirely new kind of empathy. This had the same effect as mindfulness for me - the gorgeous feeling of, OH! The world is so much bigger and varied than my own lens. So much more interesting and magical than I could ever experience in one lifetime. What a peaceful feeling.
There was a LOT of research crammed in. It's better to go in and let it flow through you instead of trying to hold on to any particular bit. You won't remember everything. There's too much. But you WILL remember the feeling of, ah, OK, life is so much more than this. ✨
There was a LOT of research crammed in. It's better to go in and let it flow through you instead of trying to hold on to any particular bit. You won't remember everything. There's too much. But you WILL remember the feeling of, ah, OK, life is so much more than this. ✨
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death