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teigancollins's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Grief and Cultural appropriation
emrosch's review against another edition
I just couldn't get into it. The writing was very repetitive and the constant use of dictionary definitions kinda took all the air out of it for me. I liked what she had so say, just not the way she put it into words. DNF.
hozza's review against another edition
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medium-paced
2.75
Interesting themes and challenging context about race, identity and our relationship with nature. However the writing is a little clunky and cliche in places and it feels like thoughts aren’t fully developed
katherineknitsandreads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
beholderess's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism
overthinker's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
funktious's review against another edition
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reflective
slow-paced
2.5
I wanted to read this as I agree very much with the premise of the book and the authors perspective and politics but ultimately I was disappointed with the prose which rarely left “Guardian Long Read” territory. There’s too much reliance on dictionary definitions to start chapters and thoughts, a lot of tortured metaphors, and a lot of repetitiveness. It also meanders from politics to memoir to nature writing with not enough time spent on any particular one for it to be meaningful - the best moments were in the nature writing vein and I wish the author had trusted herself enough to focus there more.
sourdoughsoldier's review against another edition
adventurous
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reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
3.75