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pratizsta's review against another edition
1.0
Despite my interest in animals, the book felt overwhelmingly sciency. Ed Yong delves deeply into the biological and physiological aspects of animal senses, which quickly reminded me of the science textbooks I dreaded in high school. The detailed scientific explanations and terminology made it hard for me to stay engaged, and I often found myself lost in the technical jargon.
lyonbritandthebookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Me giving a review on a highly smart approachable book
moonflower7's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely fascinating and eye-opening, but a dense read. Needed to audiobook to get me through it.
littlespeck's review against another edition
3.0
Listened to the audio book which was narrated by the author, very well done. This book ends up as a 3.5 for me. Very interesting and a great lesson on looking outside of the "human way" to experience the world. Longer than what I had patience for and started to get bored. By the end, I was just depressed about how humans have and continue to alter the planet.
mgwalsho's review against another edition
4.0
Took me forever to read, but I really enjoyed it! Excellently researched and absolutely fascinating
csulima3's review against another edition
4.0
3.75 stars. This book is a wall of facts; that’s pretty much it. Most are very interesting and some are astonishing details about how a large variety of animals use their senses to navigate the world around them. I’d call it Planet Earth in book form. The last chapter tied it all together with a “so what” describing some of the ways humanity is disrupting the animals around us, and I thought was the most interesting part.