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anna_m_k's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Fascinating and haunting, Underland: A Deep Time Journey explores the underlands both man-made and natural and the many ways they have been used from ancient times to now, and even beyond. This book, as its subtitle implies, is as much about time as it is about the places beneath. Focusing primarily on the undergrounds of various locales in Europe, Robert Macfarlane deftly leads the reader through these places and their layers of time. Throughout Underland, Macfarlane balances the wonder with the existential dread as he discusses caves, underground rivers, and the underneaths of glaciers. He combines science, archaeology, history, ecology and many more disciplines in this book without ever letting the reader get lost.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War, Confinement, and Suicide
Minor: Genocide and Torture
pavonini's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Beautiful book. You have to slow down to appreciate it, but it’s worth it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Torture, Murder, and Violence
Claustrophobic descriptions of caving and deaths of explorers.
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