I like the concept of this book looking at the various ways humans have imagined the end of the world throughout history. However, at many points it just felt like a list of various apocalyptic medias without a lot of analysis on why those ideas were most popular at the time. I would have enjoyed a more streamlined version of this book that relied more on analysis and less on just giving me quotes and facts about these different types of media.

I very much enjoyed this book and will be recommending it to everyone that I know, it's a must read!

A funny and poignant work on the End of the World. Very timely. Will order for my library. Thanks!

This book at times felt more like an archive of references, sources, stories, myths, of all the ways humans have narrated the end of the world, versus an analysis/insight into why humans are so obsessed with the end of the world. Nonetheless, it was very interesting and I recommend; however, I was expecting more of an in-depth sociological/psychological/anthropological/cultural analysis with maybe more chapters focused on this aspect of the collective unconscious and more theoretical discussion.

It's a very informative book, thoroughly researched and dense with a lot of information! Thank you NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, and Vintage catalog for this ARC!