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eggosztola's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
4.0
I love when great scientists are also great writers. I also love when smart people are bad drivers. It makes me feel better about all the dents on my car. Whether you read this book or not, plant a tree this year :)
maxamaris's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful memoir. Fascinating science and very moving reflections on life.
Hope narrates the audiobook herself and does a fantastic job, though she pronounces "roots" in a wild way and may have been fully weeping during some segments and I found that overwhelming/difficult to listen to!
Hope narrates the audiobook herself and does a fantastic job, though she pronounces "roots" in a wild way and may have been fully weeping during some segments and I found that overwhelming/difficult to listen to!
babbieabbi's review against another edition
Just not in the right mood for this book, I’m definitely interested but I’ll wait for a time it’s higher on my priorities
itsdeenlee's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
jenmangler's review against another edition
3.0
Lab Girl is a highly readable love letter to science. The way Jahren writes about trees really moved me. I'm going to share these bits of the book with my tree-loving mother, who never passed up an opportunity to plant another tree in her yard (or mine). She's going to love it.
kitkat962's review against another edition
4.0
I slowly fell in love with this book somewhere in the middle, after I got used to her writing: a little bit of narrative, a speck of opinions, a lot of plants and the lessons they teach about life and living.
The ending chapter, and especially, the final paragraph gave me hope: "As a scientist, I am indeed only an ant, insufficient and anonymous but I am stronger than I look and part of something that is much bigger than I am. As a tiny, living part of the scientist collective, I've sat alone countless nights in the dark, burning my metal candle and watching a foreign world with an aching heart. Like anyone else who harbors precious secrets wrought from years of searching, I have longed for someone to tell"
It was truly inspiring for scientist-in-training, and encouraging for scientist-to-be. I highly recommend it: you won't see just a passionate researcher, but a person, as humane as possible, with flaws, love, and fearlessness.
The ending chapter, and especially, the final paragraph gave me hope: "As a scientist, I am indeed only an ant, insufficient and anonymous but I am stronger than I look and part of something that is much bigger than I am. As a tiny, living part of the scientist collective, I've sat alone countless nights in the dark, burning my metal candle and watching a foreign world with an aching heart. Like anyone else who harbors precious secrets wrought from years of searching, I have longed for someone to tell"
It was truly inspiring for scientist-in-training, and encouraging for scientist-to-be. I highly recommend it: you won't see just a passionate researcher, but a person, as humane as possible, with flaws, love, and fearlessness.