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Great nature writing, describing outdoor adventures on and in rivers, pools, springs, and other waters. Best enjoyed with a map of the UK within reach. Also covers water pollution and nature conservation topics. Inspiring read!

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3.5

took me a long time to get through but really interesting and informative

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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medium-paced

3.5

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

It was harder to read this book that I thought.
We started with the wrong foot, when in the first chapter I read this about water "...The hydrogens carry a slightly negative charge, while the oxygen is positive...". No, it's the exact opposite. It's oxygen that carries a (partial) negative charge, not only in water but in every molecule. Oxygen, never, ever, has a positive charge, and the author, a biologist, should know better.

I was a bit apprehensive after that, I was worried that this mistake would be i dicative for the rest of the book. It wasn't, fortunately, but that doesn't mean that I had a walk in the park reading it.
One of the problems was that I am not familiar with the UK towns and rivers and all the local names (even though I've been living in West Yorkshire for the past 7 years and 8 in total in the UK) and it was hard to resonate some times. The other problem was that it was a bit tiring at moments, too many details, to many almost recurring details.

I enjoyed the second half of the book more, when the author started the discussion about conservation and rewilding and the challenges and opportunities to do so.

A quite interesting book overall.

PS. Some more editing would have worked wonders!

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