Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari -- A book review

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The first three-quarters of this book is brilliant and the last quarter is a drag. It starts off very well, there are a lot of examples and stories about each era. I particularly liked the parts about the agricultural revolution and religion and how human kind thrives and unties through stories which are mostly fictional. But, the last part, where he talks about money and capitalism and market forces is something that I am completely aware of and so this part makes for a very boring read. It therefore took me a lot of time to complete this, but I plodded along hoping that at some point towards the end it would become interesting again, but that didn't happen. The afterword is an introduction to his next book in the series called "Homo Deus". I have begun reading this book as well, but it suffers with the same problems. Starts out very well, but then derails at a certain point and for that reason I am yet to finish reading it. Still it is worth picking it up when you're in the mood for some educative non-fiction.

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xxRS

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