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kleonard's review against another edition
5.0
This is a superb and elegant and funny and spooky book of poetry and I love it. Perfect for fans of Max Brooks, Cherie Priest, and T. Kingfisher, these poems confront climate change via mythology and imagination, offering beauty and nightmares both.
elizabethwb's review
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
A collection of preapocalyptic poems, each one focusing on a species invasive to Minnesota (and to the United States). Each poem eerily describes the destruction that has been and likely will continue to be caused by these species, such as purple loosestrife, the earthworm, Queen Anne's lace, the Norway Maple, the zebra mussel...
allysunsun's review against another edition
4.0
This was such an interesting poetry collection, beautifully done prose and such simple but stark illustrations. Not only does it check those boxes but it was also informative! Many of these species I recognized but like who knew there are eels in Minnesota? Certainly not me.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!
melhara's review against another edition
2.0
This was a collection of 21 poems with each poem dedicated to a specific invasive species that can be found in Minnesota (hence the name of this book).
To be honest, I didn't know many of these species (such as the Brittle Naiad, Edodea, Sea Lamprey, and many more.) which I think affected my understanding of the poem (I didn't understand most of the poems).
Of the 21 poems, there was really only two poems that I quite liked - the Norway Maple and the Trapdoor Snail.
I think reading the Author's Note first, before reading the poems, helped me understand and appreciate the poems a bit more. Ultimately though, I think I would've enjoyed this book more if I was more familiar with the Minnesotan landscape and environment, and if I was more familiar with some of these invasive species.
*I received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
***#20 of my 2021 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge - Read a book of nature poems ***
To be honest, I didn't know many of these species (such as the Brittle Naiad, Edodea, Sea Lamprey, and many more.) which I think affected my understanding of the poem (I didn't understand most of the poems).
Of the 21 poems, there was really only two poems that I quite liked - the Norway Maple and the Trapdoor Snail.
I think reading the Author's Note first, before reading the poems, helped me understand and appreciate the poems a bit more. Ultimately though, I think I would've enjoyed this book more if I was more familiar with the Minnesotan landscape and environment, and if I was more familiar with some of these invasive species.
*I received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
***#20 of my 2021 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge - Read a book of nature poems ***
bookishmisfit's review against another edition
4.0
Akin to the Romantic poems, this collection gives us a look into the world we have made and the world we are making.
lindats628's review
4.0
Beautiful Surprise!
I won the Kindle version of this book on a Goodreads giveaway and I couldn’t have been more surprised! It is a collection of speculative, brilliantly imaginative poetry that includes beautiful prints of invasive species. It seems like a strange combination, but as you read, it becomes less and less strange and more of a welcome experience you didn’t know you needed.
I won the Kindle version of this book on a Goodreads giveaway and I couldn’t have been more surprised! It is a collection of speculative, brilliantly imaginative poetry that includes beautiful prints of invasive species. It seems like a strange combination, but as you read, it becomes less and less strange and more of a welcome experience you didn’t know you needed.
tomatocultivator's review
adventurous
challenging
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Alienating and beautiful, this small collection of poems inspired by invasive species imagines a barely-seen near future where environmental changes affect more than just the landscape. Shades of VanderMeer's Annihilation trilogy and the Fungi from Yuggoth worm into your heart and plant something new.