253 reviews for:

The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

Peter Wohlleben

3.71 AVERAGE

jenna_beyer's review against another edition

4.0

informative medium-paced

mohampton's review against another edition

3.5

inspiring reflective slow-paced

lindsaynixon's review against another edition

4.0

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Terrible title, excellent book. So many incredible facts. Highly recommend if you find non-fiction biology fascinating. I am re-reading this before returning it to the library; I liked it that much. I did the audio, which helped.

Some cool things: when birds have parasites, they stand on an ant hill so the ants eat the parasites off its feathers. One type of tree that was planted in a non-native land, adapted By making the smell of humans to attract mosquitos who would then act like a bee would since there weren’t bees. Tylenol is a synthetic substance that naturally comes from willow bark. You could just chew the bark! If you pet your tomato plant, it will grow a thicker stem bc it will think it’s windy.

dblanch's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

yurdyl's review against another edition

3.0

informative

thatpine's review against another edition

3.75

informative medium-paced

momototato's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 44%

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Too meandering with points that seem scattered all over the place. Wohlleben also has a bit of an eurocentric perspective that i don't jive with. 

jtad96's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring medium-paced

mariannemersereau's review against another edition

4.0

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All tree lovers will appreciate this author's reminder that the trees we are dependent on for breath are indeed sentient beings.

hare_in_the_garden's review against another edition

4.75

informative medium-paced

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I enjoyed this more than The Hidden Life of Trees, although thats is the title of his most commonly recommended.