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hannahh's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
indiablue's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
cleverdigit's review against another edition
4.0
A stark reminder of what we’ve already lost from our environment, with detail on the perverse conservation efforts to preserve the UKs landscape in a depleted, sanitised state overrun by sheep.
Monbiot make a strong case for the harmful side-effects of mankind trying to bend its environment around a very narrow vision of what constitutes as ‘natural’. Despite our own best efforts to steward ecosystems back to health he suggests it wiser to selectively allow our natural environments to be fully returned to nature - meaning totally free of human interference.
The opening fishing / kayaking expeditions are a bit weird but it gets better.
Monbiot make a strong case for the harmful side-effects of mankind trying to bend its environment around a very narrow vision of what constitutes as ‘natural’. Despite our own best efforts to steward ecosystems back to health he suggests it wiser to selectively allow our natural environments to be fully returned to nature - meaning totally free of human interference.
The opening fishing / kayaking expeditions are a bit weird but it gets better.
ivorgeoghegan's review against another edition
3.0
7/10
The start of this book felt very disjointed, with the first 50 pages very tough to read. Thankfully, it picked and I found the rest of it very interesting and informative. At times, the author's writing style annoyed me, with some passages being overly descriptive and lacking substance (but that's more of a minor point). Overall, I'd highly recommend reading it.
The start of this book felt very disjointed, with the first 50 pages very tough to read. Thankfully, it picked and I found the rest of it very interesting and informative. At times, the author's writing style annoyed me, with some passages being overly descriptive and lacking substance (but that's more of a minor point). Overall, I'd highly recommend reading it.
rozydozy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
lucy_p's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
2.0
An extremely well-researched, occasionally enlightening read but rather slow-paced and rambling.
alienor_kerjan's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
What a wake up call!
lauralindahl's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
maddie_bookmad's review against another edition
5.0
The beginning of this book almost made me give up as well as several oassages in between which are filled with Monbiot´s (sometimes misguided) attempts at adventures in the wilderness. However, he parts where the correlations between different parts of the ecosystems are explained and the examples he uses were fascinating. I enjoyed his writing style and although I would have enjoyed more indepth analysis, this is still a good book to start with if you are new to the topic of rewilding or rather want to know what all is going wrong in todays society´s treatment of natural habitats and their inhabitants.