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A review by ninaandtheb00ks
De meeste mensen deugen by Rutger Bregman
5.0
i would argue that this is one of those cases where the audiobook is better than the actual book, at least for me. i started reading this book in august, but i never really got past the first hundred pages… which is weird, because i’m low-key obsessed with everything rutger bregman does. i think it came down to two things; firstly, i usually read when i wake up or before i go to sleep, and at those times i prefer fiction over non-fiction. secondly, i was not a big fan of bergman’s writing style. it’s very informal, and at times he doesn’t even use full sentences. basically, he writes as if he’s speaking to you; which is why i think this text works much better as an audiobook.
once i started listening to that, i finished the book in four days. bregman narrates the audiobook himself, which i think is always a plus, because the text is read to you in exactly the way the author meant it. i think the topics he discusses are so interesting; if people are supposedly good, why does there seem to be so much evidence to the contrary? i really enjoy the way bregman takes down his opposition, especially because he uses such well-known examples. and last but not least, this book just made me a lot more hopeful and positive.
i hope his next book goes deeper into the subject matter of the last part; if we change our assumptions about humankind, how can we improve social institutions like schools, hospitals and prisons?
once i started listening to that, i finished the book in four days. bregman narrates the audiobook himself, which i think is always a plus, because the text is read to you in exactly the way the author meant it. i think the topics he discusses are so interesting; if people are supposedly good, why does there seem to be so much evidence to the contrary? i really enjoy the way bregman takes down his opposition, especially because he uses such well-known examples. and last but not least, this book just made me a lot more hopeful and positive.
i hope his next book goes deeper into the subject matter of the last part; if we change our assumptions about humankind, how can we improve social institutions like schools, hospitals and prisons?