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miap09's review
3.75
I shouldn't have been surprised that a white British guy would be judgemental about indigenous practices in the America's...but information about hummingbirds was great, I just wanted more of that versus the ramblings of this white dude.
rei_reads's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
_lilbey_'s review
4.0
This sort of book takes me forever to read because I have to look up a picture of every single bird/plant/piece of art/etc. mentioned. An enjoyable read.
luckyladybug3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
drone232's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This is a book about a man travelling to many different locales looking for hummingbirds. Half the book is just his experiences travelling to different places. A travelogue. He's nice, and he writes well, but he, as a character, is boring. A quarter of the book is about hummingbirds and another quarter is about their history and other's experiences of hummingbirds. That's where the money is!
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Includes descriptions and discussions of poaching and illegal animal trade.annieb123's review
5.0
Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
The Glitter in the Green is a layman accessible cautionary tale of conservation by Jon Dunn. Due out 20th April 2021 from Hachette on their Basic Books imprint, it's 352 pages and will be available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
This is a wonderfully descriptive book and will be especially relevant for birders. The author describes ten different destinations and their related hummingbird species and his descriptions of the terrain, the travels, the people he meets along the way, and the birds and other wildlife, are full of enthusiasm and beauty and very often pathos. The habitat is shrinking, the weather patterns are becoming more hostile, and introduced species are destroying indigenous species at a catastrophic rate.
Even though there's a pervasive sadness and quiet desperation written into the narrative, I found it a compelling and important read. I would recommend it for readers of nature and conservancy writing, fans of Rachel Carson, John Muir, David Attenborough, and related writers. In some ways it also reminded me of Douglas Adams and Mark Cawardine's Last Chance to See.
Five stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
The Glitter in the Green is a layman accessible cautionary tale of conservation by Jon Dunn. Due out 20th April 2021 from Hachette on their Basic Books imprint, it's 352 pages and will be available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
This is a wonderfully descriptive book and will be especially relevant for birders. The author describes ten different destinations and their related hummingbird species and his descriptions of the terrain, the travels, the people he meets along the way, and the birds and other wildlife, are full of enthusiasm and beauty and very often pathos. The habitat is shrinking, the weather patterns are becoming more hostile, and introduced species are destroying indigenous species at a catastrophic rate.
Even though there's a pervasive sadness and quiet desperation written into the narrative, I found it a compelling and important read. I would recommend it for readers of nature and conservancy writing, fans of Rachel Carson, John Muir, David Attenborough, and related writers. In some ways it also reminded me of Douglas Adams and Mark Cawardine's Last Chance to See.
Five stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.