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amyfmurphy's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Sexual harassment and Eating disorder
helhas3letters's review against another edition
2.5
Haig is a really accessible writer and easy to read. My main gripe with Notes on a Nervous Planet is that although it points out some important issues and backs them up with evidence, it doesn't provide many solutions for them. I enjoyed the chapters that came after the outlining of certain problems, which provided a numbered list of 'things you can do to X'/'changes you can make to stop Y', but I would have liked those solutions to be explored a bit more.
I also think that although Haig overall made some really good points in this book, it was very broad and I wish it was more focused. He took on a massive topic and, although he did split it into sections, each of these sections could easily be a book in and of themselves.
I recommend this as a good overview or introduction to the topic. However, if you want more in-depth discussion on, for example, the effects that social media has on our brains, or what lack of sleep does to us and why it's so important, or why the news has us in a state of panic all the time, then I'd recommend picking up a more specific book. (E.g. Outraged by Ashley 'Dotty' Charles, Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, Factfulness by Hans Rosling.)
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming
fionnlister's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
carodonahue's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts
nostarryeyes's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Addiction
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
hannahgreep's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders
jbellomy's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcoholism and Eating disorder
Minor: Body shaming, Death, and Medical content
booksandcat's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide