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Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn
3 reviews
horizonous's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Graphic: Animal death and War
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, and Terminal illness
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
lanid's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
5.0
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, and Colonisation
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This was fascinating. It's a travelogue of abandoned places around the world, some of which I'd heard of, like Chernobyl and Varosha in Cyprus, but most of which I hadn't. There were a lot of different reasons each place became abandoned including war, natural disasters, industrial contamination, climate change and human resettlement and it was all so interesting to learn about. There were are few times where the nature descriptions started to go over my head because I couldn't picture the plants or animals Flyn was describing but generally it was an easy read because I was so intrigued. Through exploring all the different places she discusses topics like climate change, rewilding, agriculture, invasive species and nature's resilience. I certainly don't know enough about those subjects to have big opinions of my own like I've seen in some reviews but I feel like I learnt a lot from this and it gave me a lot to think about.
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Terminal illness
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