Emily’s Reviews > Ishmael > Status Update
Emily
is 75% done
Good main message (question the dominant stories of our culture) but there are so many factually wrong things in here, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I'm reading this garbage. The secondary message is deifying a horribly cringy "noble savage" trope. Incredibly simplistic and reductive views of ecological phenomena (especially population dynamics). Blames all society's problems on the agricultural revolution. Yikes.
— Jul 05, 2025 11:04PM
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Emily
is 37% done
I found this book very powerful in high school and the message still resonates with me...but the entire story is written as a play-by-play of a "Socratic method" conversation and it's mildly obnoxious tbh
— Jun 15, 2025 10:10PM
