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loves_nurse's review against another edition
I started reading this because it was mentioned in Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. I did not find it AS supplemental to my reading of Braiding Sweetgrass as I wanted it to be.
tylermcgaughey's review against another edition
2.0
This bok sounded really fascinating until I actually started reading it and realized that most of it is just bullshit with little to no actual science to support it. Still, it's kind of fun to read a book that tries to convince you that plants can read your thoughts and have telekinetic powers and can influence space travel (or something like that.)
aitziberconesa's review against another edition
2.0
No soy científica, pero esto me suena mal hasta a mí. Hay cosas que parecen esoterismo básico, y el resto... El resto no lo sé. Lo he hablado con una bióloga y ella tampoco le ve sentido.
Ahora, como forma de sacar ideas para escribir ficción genial
Ahora, como forma de sacar ideas para escribir ficción genial
shanvan17's review against another edition
3.0
Parts were interesting, but much of it was a bit to science-y for my taste. Hard to remain interested (though many of the conclusions were interesting).
katherineclimber's review against another edition
2.0
I read the first half of this book in physical form and though it did kind of feel like reading a textbook, it really makes you think about how much you really know about the plant world around you. As I do with most books that I'm having trouble getting through, I switched to listening to the audiobook version. This made easier it to follow and I would definitely recommend listening to the audiobook version of this book if you are going to read it. Overall I think it's a really interesting book to read and it makes you think about plants in a way, at least me personally, never had before. The beginning of this book really heavily focuses on plants basically being able to read your mind and how they have consciousnesses, but if you're not into that I would say keep reading because as the book goes on it talks more about plants in the physical world instead of the spiritual. This book brings up a lot of thought provoking questions, so if you're looking for a book to really make you think, this is a good book for you.
susi_sorglos's review against another edition
This is just pseudoscience and misinformation, they should have written fiction instead.
emegallego's review against another edition
1.0
En la web de la editorial está clasificado como "biología", "ciencia" y "ecología". Nada más lejos de la realidad. Debería estar en "magufeo", "ciencias ocultas" y "espiritualidad chorra". Los autores desprecian a la comunidad científica por su estrechez de miras al no querer aceptar maravillosos descubrimientos. ¿Que los experimentos que llevaron a tales descubrimientos carecen de lógica y repetibilidad más mínima? No pasa nada, I want to believe. Mientras se hacen afirmaciones condescendientes hacia el método científico, se alaba la homeopatía, la antroposofía, la agricultura biodinámica y chorradas de similar calibre. Entiendo que es un libro antiguo, pero me sorprende que semejante mondongo esté traducido y reeditado en el siglo XXI. Cada editorial que imprima lo que quiera, pero al menos que lo clasifiquen bien. Nada de ciencia aquí.
blondereader's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
This is more than most people will want to know about plants. I appreciated the section on George Washington Carver and his faith. Otherwise, aside from a few insights such as how plants respond to different forms of music, and how plants more or less claim a person like a cat does, (the cat comparison is mine), it's a tough slog. Skimmed rather than read the book.