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Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin
4 reviews
greendog95's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny
Minor: Torture, Slavery, and Murder
marsybar's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Interesting read and his enjoyment of his journeys is easy to see. Plus it's fun to see his notes that you can guess lead to his theories, and in general and cool look into his own mind.
Moderate: Racism
baruchbarnes's review against another edition
I understand historical context etc etc but also it is deeply exhausting to listen to hours and hours of Darwin describing horrific racism and genocide against indigenous people and Black people with not enough disgust. Even when he disapproves, he still praises the people committing the evils and I don't have the patience to wait for him to evolve like a couple of reviews said he eventually does.
Graphic: Racism, Genocide, Xenophobia, and Slavery
the_reading_wren's review against another edition
I’ve been reading this on and off for several years now and just found it a tough read in places. I skipped to the chapter about the Galápagos Islands because of how important that time was for Darwin’s thinking on evolution. It was fascinating to read his entries from that time as he was processing all the information he was collecting and thinking along the lines of the later theory of evolution by natural selection.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racism, Colonisation, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Sexism
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