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clowreads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, and War
machen27's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I found it lovely, and continue to have great respect for the chemists of the past who, in many ways, had to do everything themselves, often a great risk. It's not just a book about chemists, it's a book whose context is the Holocaust, inescapable even if Levi does not describe it in detail. The rise and fall of fascism, and the aftermath of that atrocity are players in Levi's personal history, and they play an equally important role as the elements that chapters are named after.
Content Warnings
Minor: Genocide and War