A review by jackwoos
For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals and Reflections for Finding Wonder by Sasha Sagan

5.0

I only recently discovered the work of Sasha Sagan’s parents, and I still have a lot of it left to read. I wish I had been alive when Carl Sagan was alive, but I was born two years after he passed.
Nevertheless, he and Ann Druyan have changed my life. They completely altered the way I view the world and the universe, and I think they made me a slightly better person. I genuinely think that their books are some of the best ever written.

I fully admit that I only read For Small Creatures Such As We because its author is the daughter of her parents. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have even known about it, otherwise.

But this book is excellent in its own right.

It’s thoughtful, it’s moving, it’s beautifully written. It fits right in with her parents’ work, yet still manages to be its own thing.

I am thrilled that I have found another author who manages to so authentically capture the spirit of Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot and The Demon-Haunted World and the rest.

I loved this book, and I look forward to reading everything else she writes in the future.