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sharonbakar's review against another edition
adventurous
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informative
mysterious
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slow-paced
4.25
Macfarlane explores the mysteries of the underworld: caves, mines, underground cities, ice chasms, burial sites; nuclear dump-sites. Who else would have thought of bringing such disparate places together? The prose is poetic and beautiful and I enjoyed his encounters with some most unusual characters along the way. Makes me ache with care for out precious environment.
jon288's review against another edition
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5.0
Beautiful, poetic, lyrical, intense. Really brilliant, much more compelling and interesting than I thought it would be. A first hand exploration of deep spaces and underworlds. The Paris Catacombs, under glaciers, in deep caves, neutrino monitoring, nuclear waste disposal, underground fungal networks
flodo's review against another edition
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dark
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medium-paced
5.0
Completely extraordinary. It covers so many different places and themes and makes you see the land - and Underland - with fresh eyes. Such a beautiful writer.
jh1980's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.5
Frustrating book! Much of the content is incredibly fascinating but the style is tedious, smug and self-centred, trying to make grand points that would be better left to the read to discover.
rebecanunez's review against another edition
3.0
Al principio me costó un montón, pero después me enganche. Me resulto súper estimularte a la imaginación, muy visual.
alessandra_ajm's review
adventurous
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funny
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mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
gretabart8's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
the_tomeraider's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
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slow-paced
4.25
I'm normally not one for slower paced books but this one was excellent. It's a very interesting mix between philosophy and adventure and science. The imagery in this book is stunning. You can really feel that places he's going and its beautiful. The author references a lot of different literature as well (most of which has been added to my TBR). It's a very complex book, not in the concepts it discusses, but in the format, writing and the blending everything the author is trying to convey.
It'll require some patience but it is very much worth it.
This book left me truly inspired.
It'll require some patience but it is very much worth it.
This book left me truly inspired.