Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - By Yuval Noah Harari

Rating: 5/5

This is the first of its kind book which I read and let me tell you, it captivated my attention in the tantalizing details from the very beginning, when it all started. The 5 stars I present to this book (I did have a little tinkling to settle for 4, at times, for somewhere in the middle, it got a bit boring. But then... It was not all about that).

What I loved about the book:

-I've really been looking for answers to many questions (about life, about evolution, about - why it happened this way and not that), things, and events (such as Britain, how it was able to rule over such big empires, etc.) I never understood. Having all of it combined and presented in such a wonderful way was no less than a treat.

- Not only this book gives a history of how it all happened, but it does also open up many avenues and offers some logical reasoning about the major historic and evolutionary events and why they happened that way and not in any other way. The good part is, it does that in an exploring way and not just throws some facts on your face to deal with. It explores various options and slowly, gently, how we came about to be what we are, who we are, and why we are.

- The book, although I may not totally be satisfied with some of the reasoning or thought processes of the author on certain issues (but I still give 5 stars!!), offers some wonderful windows into perspectives I never thought of.

- I loved the way the author deals with the future. Again, I may not agree with everything there, but it did give me some points to think about, some aspects I never considered worth the thought.

- The book not only deals with laws of nature, actually, but it also offers some eye-opening reasoning of why everything is the way it is.

What I did not enjoy that much:

-Well, this could be an individual choice, but somewhere in the middle, I found the book somewhat stretched on Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. I did get to understand and learn some things there too, but that was where I would have rated the book 4/5.

But by the time I ended the book, well, I was able to ignore having being bored for some time, for what all perspective I gained from the book.

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