Reviews

Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future by Gloria Dickie

jstark545's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I love bears, and science 10/10 no notes 🐻🐻

podanotherjessi's review

informative sad medium-paced

This book is very informative, and I loved all the facts I learned. It is, however, incredibly sad. There wasn't any hope given or really any advice on how to fix the problems of the declining bear populations. Instead, it was just full of incredibly grim tales about the treatment of bears. This, I think, is just the consequence of the reality. It's the situation as it is. But I do wish a little more time had been dedicated to what I, the reader, could do.
I also am quickly learning that a pet peeve of mine is nonfiction with too much focus on what the author did to research the book, and this one has a lot of that. Dickie tells a lot of stories about the trips she took to see bears, and it was just not to my taste. I lost interest whenever the book switched to first person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

mshahan's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

clamthegiant's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

3.25

tamandua's review against another edition

4.25

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shelbyreeves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

ivycorina's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Such an informative and beautifully written book on the eight species of bears. I appreciated that the author included folklore, history and biology of the bears, human/bear interactions and conflict, climate change and conservation efforts.

sbean10's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

jayda's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

lindseyzwilson's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad slow-paced