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rerooff's review against another edition
It was so long and I never had the motivation to finish it. I’ll maybe pick it up later down the road.
mwmakar's review against another edition
adventurous
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sad
fast-paced
4.0
Realistic but tinged with hope and chock full of cool info. The Sun Bear situation is truly depressing, the panda cultural history is fascinating, kind of hopeful, and illustrative both of broader ecological stories & Chinese world-citizenry.
The book kept touching on, but not really broaching, the impacts to ecosystems of losing bears. Wolves are needed to trim deer populations, how do bears balance and cycle into their ecosystems?
The book kept touching on, but not really broaching, the impacts to ecosystems of losing bears. Wolves are needed to trim deer populations, how do bears balance and cycle into their ecosystems?
gmd316's review
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medium-paced
5.0
Loved this take on bears and how they intersect with so many social/political/environmentql issues . Very good narrative nonfiction
arhull30's review against another edition
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5.0
I’m now both completely fascinated and terrified by bears, but I mean that in the best way! This was written with the perfect mix of anecdotes and facts, and had an engaging voice. I never once felt bored like I sometimes do with nonfiction.
sdpannell's review against another edition
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4.25
A fun read that focuses on the bears more than the author's experiences. I learned a lot and feel inspired to help how I can to preserve the 🐻🐻🐻
megawhoppingcosmicbookwyrm's review against another edition
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5.0
5 ⭐️s
An absolutely amazingly well researched book that goes into the eight remaining bear species, their past, present and mostly bleak future. I cried several times. Had to stop taking it to work as my break time read. The bit about the sun and moon bears was especially hard to read. I knew the future of bears (like most things that share this planet with us) was dire, but this was certainly eye-opening.
April’s #Naturalitsy read.