I really had high expectations for this, because I am so interested in learning more about allergies and not only how they affect us, but how they can be treated in order to live a better life. If you're looking for a book that helps guide you in figuring out how to treat your allergies to live a better life and get healthier, look elsewhere. This is simply a book that details the history of allergies and that is it. I could have gotten this exact info from a Wikipedia page, a condensed and quicker read, rather than a lengthy book that didn't really help me solve anything. One part of the summary says "what that might mean about the fate of humanity in a rapidly changing world", when referring to allergies, but the book actually doesn't give any advice on what to do for allergies, short of a small excerpt about a medication called Dupixent. That is it. I felt like this book was mainly just for the author to work through her own stuff, as the reason why she wrote the book is because someone in her family died from an allergic reaction. I don't really think we needed a whole book on that, especially when we aren't told how we can help ourselves. It's basically just a 300+ page story, with some history thrown in there. I would not spend the money on this book, nor would I recommend it to others.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for a digital ARC of this book.