Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Body horror, Death, ViolenceModerate
Incest, Slavery, AntisemitismMinor
CursingCommunity Reviews
Summary of 141 reviews
Moods
reflective 34%
informative 30%
funny 25%
challenging 23%
inspiring 12%
tense 12%
lighthearted 5%
dark 1%
emotional 1%
hopeful 1%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 40%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 74% | A mix: 22% | Character: 2% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
No: 52% | It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 6% | N/A: 4%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 43% | No: 32% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 6%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 97% | It's complicated: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 54% | It's complicated: 23% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 4%Average rating
320 pages | first published 2019
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ISBN/UID: 9780374600815
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 14 August 2019
Description
An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history from the author of the international bestseller HHhH, Laurent Binet's Civilizations is nothing less than a strangely believable counterfactual history of the modern world, fizzing w...Book Information
320 pages | first published 2019
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ISBN/UID: 9780374600815
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 14 August 2019
Description
An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history from the author of the international bestseller HHhH, Laurent Binet's Civilizations is nothing less than a strangely believable counterfactual history of the modern world, fizzing w...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Body horror, Death, ViolenceModerate
Incest, Slavery, AntisemitismMinor
CursingCommunity Reviews
Summary of 141 reviews
Moods
reflective 34%
informative 30%
funny 25%
challenging 23%
inspiring 12%
tense 12%
lighthearted 5%
dark 1%
emotional 1%
hopeful 1%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 40%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 74% | A mix: 22% | Character: 2% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
No: 52% | It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 6% | N/A: 4%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 43% | No: 32% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 6%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 97% | It's complicated: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 54% | It's complicated: 23% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 4%Average rating