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The Comfort of Crows (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Billy Renkl
4.2 AVERAGE
1.14k reviews for:
The Comfort of Crows (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Billy Renkl
4.2 AVERAGE
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
inspiring
reflective
“i can’t change americans’ love affair with poison, and i can’t solve the problems of climate change, but i can plant a garden”
a really beautiful book that’s very lovingly written. reaffirmed my deep desire to sit on the porch with my family and listen to the birds sing.
a really beautiful book that’s very lovingly written. reaffirmed my deep desire to sit on the porch with my family and listen to the birds sing.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
A quiet and reassuring book about nature our observances through the seasons of the year and the seasons of our lives.. Very reflective and thought provoking in a quiet and reassuring way
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
2.5 ⭐️ Let’s start with the good - In our Temu disposable goods world, a gorgeous well constructed book is so incredibly welcome. The cover is beautiful, the paper quality exquisite, even the ink choice and the few touches of blue set this book apart from many. The artwork to start each chapter really allows this book to be in a unique category of uncommon craftsmanship. Kudos all around.
Now for the mixed bag - The writing itself was often smug, pretentious, judgmental, passive-aggressive and agenda driven. The author laments leaving her empty nest home partially because of her neighbors. The same neighbors she very publicly criticized for their choices in landscaping, yard maintenance, home size? I’m sure they can’t wait to hang out with her. Grown children rarely spend time? Perhaps it’s the constant guilt trips - if an edited book remains guilt ridden and passive-aggressive, imagine the extemporaneous comments… I almost gave up after the first 30 pages, by midway was glad I stuck with it and when it ended, decided the 85% mark likely would have been a good stopping point for me. The passages truly dedicated to descriptions of nature and their goings on were beautiful, and I did enjoy the comparisons of nature’s cycles to the seasons of human life, however, passages detailing the activities of birds or other wildlife were often punctuated with Judgmental or Smug and it became tiresome overall.
Now for the mixed bag - The writing itself was often smug, pretentious, judgmental, passive-aggressive and agenda driven. The author laments leaving her empty nest home partially because of her neighbors. The same neighbors she very publicly criticized for their choices in landscaping, yard maintenance, home size? I’m sure they can’t wait to hang out with her. Grown children rarely spend time? Perhaps it’s the constant guilt trips - if an edited book remains guilt ridden and passive-aggressive, imagine the extemporaneous comments… I almost gave up after the first 30 pages, by midway was glad I stuck with it and when it ended, decided the 85% mark likely would have been a good stopping point for me. The passages truly dedicated to descriptions of nature and their goings on were beautiful, and I did enjoy the comparisons of nature’s cycles to the seasons of human life, however, passages detailing the activities of birds or other wildlife were often punctuated with Judgmental or Smug and it became tiresome overall.
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A beautiful series of reflections on nature + the changing world. Very thought provoking at times
DNF @ 30%
This just wasn’t for me. Despite relating so deeply to the author and her profound love for nature, the book just felt like I was reading someone’s diary. Just didn’t care for that.
This just wasn’t for me. Despite relating so deeply to the author and her profound love for nature, the book just felt like I was reading someone’s diary. Just didn’t care for that.
Beautiful meditations on the passage of time inspired by urban nature. ❤️