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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Listened to the audiobook of this and felt like it took me a while to get through it for some reason. However, I learnt so much! I really enjoyed the writing style and how it weaved between memoir/personal anecdotes and educational material. It kept me engaged. And I even found the educational parts were the best part for me. I have lowered the rating to 3.5 simply because it did take a bit more effort than usual to pick it up. And some parts did drop my interest. However, it was overall a good read that I will recommend to others.
Excellent book! I like the way the chapters unfold throughout the book....alternating and illuminating the themes presented in the book.
A wildly fascinating read! I knew nothing about eels when I picked this up, and I feel like my life is so much richer after learning a bit about them. The author looks at eels from a biological, historical, anthropological, and personal perspective. From the incredible metamorphoses eels undergo to the mysteries of the Sargasso Sea. The cultural and historical views of eels and eel consumption. This book is truly unlike anything else. And I actually enjoyed that every other chapter was a short, personal, eel related story/experience from the author. A real pleasure to read.
TW: farm animal content/slaughtering, fishing, extinction, death of a loved one
TW: farm animal content/slaughtering, fishing, extinction, death of a loved one
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Eels are weird. And wonderful.
The author's personal experiences mixed with the hard facts about eels really make this book unique. The author's voice really shines when he reminisces about his father and the times they spent together, and the back-and-forth between educational and personal anecdotes keep the book interesting without getting stale. When Freud (yes, that Freud) came up I was flabbergasted because I had no idea he had anything to do with eels, and it was quite a shock!
The author's personal experiences mixed with the hard facts about eels really make this book unique. The author's voice really shines when he reminisces about his father and the times they spent together, and the back-and-forth between educational and personal anecdotes keep the book interesting without getting stale. When Freud (yes, that Freud) came up I was flabbergasted because I had no idea he had anything to do with eels, and it was quite a shock!
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
funny
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informative
inspiring
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i thought this would be about eels but a lot of it was about fishing and Plato or something and cooking eels I am not interested in eels bc I want to eat them sorry
I have spent very little of my life in consideration of eels. This is the epitome of “You don’t know what you don’t know. ” And so many learned people, throughout the ages, have been stymied by these slippery little things. Thanks, Patrick Svensson. I am grateful for all the new knowledge. And such respect for the eel. They don’t like captivity, refuse to be farmed, and keep the mystery of their reproductive practices very much to themselves.