Justin Monisit’s Reviews > Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind > Status Update

I finally finished a book!

And yeah, it loves up to its criticisms. I don't feel like I got much out of this book - it was interesting to read, but the tangents this author goes on really makes it feel like I was missing out.

Not a bad book, but it fails to impress me on an even scholarly level.

February may be the busiest month ever in my college career thus far, but I managed to sneak in a bit of reading.

I have a Bio Quiz on Monday and my Professor is not that good of a teacher, so looks like I'll be reading my bio book instead of any book this weekend :(

I've been trying to sneak passages of this in on top of college - which all of a sudden got a lot busier than I anticipated it being. I have to read ahead in all my classes due to not wanting all this work piling on top of each other.

In other words, my reading is about to slow down a lot.

It is unfortunate that so much of this book is watered down by his diversion and opinions. A lot of the book is interesting, and insight from the author makes it more digestible for non-academics, but it goes on for way too long at points where it is advisable to skim/skip sections because of them.

Good book but it is sullied by such excessive filler.

The joys of not being able to sleep at your usual time and spending hours reading books and making significant progress in both.

Trying to get these books out of the way before I start a new one and will probably read much more nonfiction since I'll be in college.

I will get to the second Harry Potter book eventually I promise

Didn't expect learning about empires could be this interesting but here we are. I feel like I finally got to the part that makes this book so interesting, to see humans evolve out of their primitive self and into building empires forged together by culture.

This is the most I've enjoyed reading nonfiction in such a long time - the information is laid out so clearly and digestible, with insights from the author that may be opinionated, but just as interesting. It's fascinating to see where humankind keeps going.

I just love the feeling of finding a book so interesting that you speed through and devour the content.

Yes I'm indecisive about what I read, whatever.

Picked this up again and while it's really interesting now (more than I remember) - the bias that the book has been lambasted for starts to seep through the pages. It doesn't get in the way of facts but it's there, and it does make the book an easier read rather than dense.

Kindle Paperwhite ™ screen is glorious.

The book is actually picking up some steam. As society continues to grow, so does my interest in this book.

Just finished the first chapter (probably will be a book that I will just read at a VERY slow pace).

This book is dense with information that is told in layman's terms and asides in philosophy. Not as interesting as I'd hoped, but I feel like I'm getting something out of it at the end of this chapter that it makes it worth it. Very dense for a non-sociology or history academic.