Reviews

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Jonathon Rosen

dusta's review against another edition

informative

3.25

mcatcarr's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

5.0

norasteinkopf's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

4.0

deboraha's review against another edition

informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.25

hectaizani's review

3.0

Amy Stewart's book about plants are always interesting but she ascribes too many anthropomorphic qualities to her subjects. Plants aren't evil, or wicked, they just are. Their poisons and toxins are biological defense mechanisms and weren't evolved simply to decimate humankind.

verbosevespertine's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.0

jennifleur's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.0

WICKED PLANTS: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A lovely little compilation of short “biographies” of poisonous, toxic and other troublesome plants. So many intriguing and terrifying facts in this book! What’s not to love? 

deadsparkles's review against another edition

2.0

I thought it would have more stories.

jlapsley's review against another edition

2.0

Looks nice on a shelf & fun to pick up and read one or two entries, but I'm not sure how accurate some of the anecdotes were.

pageturner12's review against another edition

5.0

I will never touch a plant ever again.