Reviews

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

zanderw's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

toimaija's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

portlynhh's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

definitely an academic text, but so informative and fascinating. really deepened my understanding of the connection between foraging and late stage capitalism. 

liz_anderson's review against another edition

booooringggg. Too much about economics for me

katy_ryn's review against another edition

4.0

Incredibly well researched and insightful, though I wish Tsing had more clearly drawn some kind of conclusion or tied the pieces together more coherently.

k0besha's review against another edition

reflective

5.0

solardavy's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.5

First 10 chapters really require perseverance. After that it gets better, but the point of the book is a bit hard to find/get

library__rat's review against another edition

was really bored by this

pinkiereads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

sooooo good. truly informed so much of my world view and was wonderful to read in conversation with alexis pauline gumbs’s Undrowned. there is so much to be learned from the natural world around us! i loved the themes of entanglement and contamination, i will be returning to those. also, i always love a deep dive of a book. the section on ethnic minorities of pickers and how that influences their picking and world making, the section on japanese timber trade history, the section on pine trees around the world, the attention to relationships between species in the matsutake universe, the sections on the differences between us and japanese and chinese matsutake science… ALL SO INTERESTING!!! def a hard book to read on account of just how much information is in it and how completely unfamiliar with the subject i was beforehand, but so worth it. only .25 points off for being a tricky one but also i’m not mad about it. i <3 socially informed and revolutionary science and i <3 mushrooms and soon i may learn to <3 living in the apocalypse 

sgaragancio's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced