Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong · 2022
🎙 Narrated by Ed Yong (author-narrated)
92/100
👍 Worth It
Ed Yong reading his own award-winning book is a real treat - his own wonder about animal senses comes through, and the writing is genuinely some of the best science journalism around. This is a clear worth-it, and the narration is very much part of why: hearing it in the author's voice adds authenticity most audiobooks can't match.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Author-narrated; reviewers and listeners generally credit Yong's own voice with adding authenticity and enthusiasm to the material.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness95
Craft & writing92
Originality90
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers62
Age-fit80
Human-eye read92
Penny’s verdict92
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