Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

La meravigliosa trama del tutto: Saggezza indigena, conoscenza scientifica e gli insegnamenti delle piante by Robin Wall Kimmerer

2 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.25

The way the author talks about their connection to nature is truly evocative and beautiful.  There’s a familial component to it that, at first, was comforting in that you can find a community all around you if you would but care to look.  But then it began to center motherhood and the assumption that if female, you too will be a mother and experience these things, which was unfortunate.  It became a repetitive narrative that dragged itself to the finish line.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Genuinely a life-changing book. Inspires me and shows me new way for me to return to studying and practicing ecology. 

I highly recommend the audiobook because it is read wonderfully by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol