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Sapiens : Une brève histoire de l'humanité by Yuval Noah Harari
5 reviews
_mechita's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
jlautry's review against another edition
4.0
The first part of the book really sucked me in. This surprised me because I have a hard time reading and staying interested in non-fiction books. But parts 1, 2, and 3 really held my interest. The author discusses multiple theories about humankind throughout the book and talks about the likelihood of each, which I thought was interesting.
The book lost me towards the end when I got into the Industrial Revolution and Politics. Those topics just don’t seem to interest me as much. So, full disclosure, I mostly skimmed most of the last couple of parts of the book. Something I didn’t like about the book is it made assumptions about the reader’s knowledge level of certain people and historical events. I had to do a fair amount of Googling who this was and what that was.
If you are religious in any way (I am), know that the author is not. However, he does go into the history of many religions and the contributions (good and bad) that came from it. I particularly liked this part and found it really interesting to learn more about other spiritual beliefs other than my own.
This has nothing to do with the content of the book, but I think it’s worth mentioning. This book is REALLY heavy. Like, physically heavy. This was probably my least favorite thing about reading the book was my arms and wrists would literally start hurting if I sat reading it too long.
Overall, for a non-fiction book, I really liked it and I learned a lot of history that I didn’t know before. I think it’s a worthwhile read!
Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Slavery, and War
lanid's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War
karenaerts's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Trafficking, Car accident, and Abortion
maureenocal's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal death