Scan barcode
jon288's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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.
alessandro_ajm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
gretabart8's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
onthedig's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
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.
tophat8855's review against another edition
4.0
A beautifully written nonfiction book about the world under our feet: the mythical, the geological, the burial. It covers spelunking, graves, early humans and humanoids, the ghosts of the Holocaust, the melting of the permafrost of the arctic circle, drilling of oil, the burial of nuclear waste, etc. It's wide-reaching for a topic that seems very small, but only because we don't think about what's under us.
It's a warning of climate change and the harm humans do to each other, but also an dive in humanity's sense of exploration. I would recommend if you're looking for an easy-to-listen-to nonfiction book.
Listened via Hoopla
It's a warning of climate change and the harm humans do to each other, but also an dive in humanity's sense of exploration. I would recommend if you're looking for an easy-to-listen-to nonfiction book.
Listened via Hoopla