sometimes the writing style made the book feel like a really long tweet but considering I snot-nosed sobbed thru the last two chapters that criticism feels mundane

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How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger

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informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.25

entire second half of the book honestly could've been about 60 pages long but instead it's a grueling drag. wish he would've spent a little more time on Iatrogenic causes of death, and I also think the information in this book is in desperate need of reframing, given that he basically lays bare the ways white western imperial-capitalist nations have essentially violently imposed poisonous diets on the rest of the world--that has, aside from killing billions, created generations of psychological phobias and traumas in relation to body image/eating habits-- without connecting any of the dots or contextualizing this within that history. still a very valuable read I just think there's fundamental rhetorical problems in presenting a science-based argument for a whole-foods, plant-based diet within the limited framing of "wellness"

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

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informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber

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adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5