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soccer91's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Great balance of informative science about corals and the current systems/experiments currently undergoing to help them survive.
anishaaa's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Super informative. I love a book about nature and climate change that takes on a slightly hopeful tone.
I enjoyed the snippets of the author's life and daughter sprinkled throughout, thought the last second on COVID seemed tacked on at the end.
I enjoyed the snippets of the author's life and daughter sprinkled throughout, thought the last second on COVID seemed tacked on at the end.
gracekatreads's review
hopeful
informative
2.0
This book should really be three books—it’s clunky and not edited down well; more than being about coral reefs, it’s about solutions for bleaching in a very “neoliberalism will save us!” way.
grimja's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
kathrynreading's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Like her first book Spineless, Juli takes you on a fantastic journey through the science of corals and reefs but also introduces you to the amazing people doing the work to understand and protect corals. Juli had a way of making you feel like you are right there and every chapter is full of excitement and discovery.
Intertwined is the story of her daughter Isy’s OCD. All the sections on Isy are from Juli’s POV and Isy has given permission for them to be in the book. From interviews and articles I read with Juli post publication Isy seems to be thriving. This was important for me to know going in as Juli’s initial descriptions of Isy’s OCD are very visceral. I needed to know that Isy was going to get the help she needed. I don’t consider this a spoiler. I appreciate how Juli ties together mental health, social inequality, racism and the reef together.
This is a fabulous book. If you haven’t read Juli’s book Spineless which is on jellyfish I recommend you do; it’s just as excellent.
Intertwined is the story of her daughter Isy’s OCD. All the sections on Isy are from Juli’s POV and Isy has given permission for them to be in the book. From interviews and articles I read with Juli post publication Isy seems to be thriving. This was important for me to know going in as Juli’s initial descriptions of Isy’s OCD are very visceral. I needed to know that Isy was going to get the help she needed. I don’t consider this a spoiler. I appreciate how Juli ties together mental health, social inequality, racism and the reef together.
This is a fabulous book. If you haven’t read Juli’s book Spineless which is on jellyfish I recommend you do; it’s just as excellent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Animal death
Minor: Racism and Medical content
emilyforrer's review
5.0
This WONDERFUL book married so many topics perfectly to the overall subject of coral reef health. It addressed systemic issues, politics, race and privilege, climate change/global warming, and mental health in very conscious and careful ways. But also very meaningful ways. The way Juli was able to weave these discussions into the main topic was just perfection.
The overall topic of the coral reefs was amazing as well. This story told by someone else may not evoke such emotions toward corals, but I felt truly moved by how much the author truly seems to care about them. And adding in others' viewpoints was amazing! I appreciated the honesty that some people are in the conservation movement more for "legacy" or "selfish" reasons, but also the viewpoint that any action with whatever reason behind it is still action.
I haven't loved a nonfiction like this in a very long time. I'll be recommending it to everyone. Also thank you to Nathan (@schizophrenicreads) for relentlessly recommending this!!
The overall topic of the coral reefs was amazing as well. This story told by someone else may not evoke such emotions toward corals, but I felt truly moved by how much the author truly seems to care about them. And adding in others' viewpoints was amazing! I appreciated the honesty that some people are in the conservation movement more for "legacy" or "selfish" reasons, but also the viewpoint that any action with whatever reason behind it is still action.
I haven't loved a nonfiction like this in a very long time. I'll be recommending it to everyone. Also thank you to Nathan (@schizophrenicreads) for relentlessly recommending this!!