I could not more enthusiastically give a book five stars. Ed Yong's An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us is meticulously well researched, well written, thoughtful, utterly fascinating, and includes both moments of humour - being punched by a mantis shrimp! - and, of course, tragedy. It is a text that is world-opening: while we cannot truly know what it is like to be any other species, Yong's exploration of how my other-than-human neighbours navigate, communicate, and express their curiosity has deepened and enriched my own experience of my surroundings. Even better? After concluding reading, I've begun thinking about how I can be a better neighbour by mitigating the light pollution emitted by my home. I am immensely grateful for this book and anticipate gifting it to others.

Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death