Humans

 Book 15 of my 2023 Reading Challenge

read from 2/3 - 2/8

Humans

by Brandon Stanton

Summary (via Goodreads)

Brandon Stanton’s Humans – his most moving and compelling book to date – shows us the world. After five years of traveling the globe, the creator of Humans of New York brings people from all parts of the world into a conversation with readers. He ignores borders, chronicles lives and shows us the faces of the world as he saw them. His travels took him from London, Paris and Rome to Iraq, Dubai, Ukraine, Pakistan, Jordan, Uganda, Vietnam, Israel and every other place in between. His interviews go deeper than before. His chronicling of peoples’ lives shows the experience of a writer who has traveled widely and thought deeply about the state of our world.

My Opinion

5 stars

This is the kind of book that doesn't need much of a review.  If you're familiar with the concept and it interests you, this book meets expectations and will not disappoint.

The picture of the little girl holding the kitten made me laugh as I enjoyed thinking what that poor kitty was thinking as it was being loved so tight.  On the other end of the spectrum, the couple deciding whether to raise their child in Africa or the United States and choosing Ghana so that he could think about things other than the color of his skin hit me hard; I think they made the right choice.