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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb

sara_o's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

3.5

A fascinating look at a keystone species I haven’t thought much about before. I’m definitely a “Beaver Believer” now.  

mcshib's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

bibliophile1085's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

amanda_reads18's review

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informative slow-paced

3.5

angd's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

mellarkbakery10's review against another edition

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I’ll pick this back up at another time hopefully, I’m just still very much a mood reader and not really in the mood for non-fiction at the moment (at no fault of the book)

sethk3's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

k_moynahan's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

lacyk_reads's review against another edition

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2.0

I was intrigued in the beginning, but the author’s eccentric wording soon became tiresome and annoying to me. It is hard to read a book when you don’t like the author’s voice that comes through the pages. It was just too much. I think, had the author not been so concerned with the unique construction of sentences, this would have been a more concise book and would have been more engaging.

Beavers are already heroes to me, so I’m not a reader that needs to be convinced of their value. Maybe the target audience doesn’t know a lot about beavers and the writing keeps them into the topic. Regardless, it is a book that I am grateful people are reading and enjoying - beavers need all the good press and coverage they can get! - but the writing made it not for me.

eyelit's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0