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A review by fkshg8465
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
adventurous
emotional
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
I fear birds and cats but find frogs and lizards cute (I know how weird that sounds) and whales wholly awesome. I enjoy nature from a distance, especially when it’s a photograph or on screen. I’m an urbanite through and through. And I contribute to what the author calls sensory pollution. So I was surprised that I even picked this book up. But I generally will give a test any book written by Asian people since I never had any when I was growing up.
While I still fear birds and cats, this book has given me a view of the world from their point of view, and that is highly valuable to me. I think it’s something important to do with anyone and anything (possibly the lay Buddhist in me). And I’m deeply impressed by the amount of studying, researching, and experimenting the author must’ve done (hopefully all humanely) to be able to speak and write this book with the authority and respect that was done. Bravo!
While I still fear birds and cats, this book has given me a view of the world from their point of view, and that is highly valuable to me. I think it’s something important to do with anyone and anything (possibly the lay Buddhist in me). And I’m deeply impressed by the amount of studying, researching, and experimenting the author must’ve done (hopefully all humanely) to be able to speak and write this book with the authority and respect that was done. Bravo!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation