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elienore's review
Was hoping for a wider focus on bogs, in particular, and the whole book was super UK-centric. I was expecting more North America info.
bazer63's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.75
Informative but unambitious. The Acknowledgements says the author was unable to interview people because of covid travel restrictions which was fair enough but I feel like it might have been worth waiting for them to lift to go and do the interviews.
graveyardpansy's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
3.5 — lots of tangents, but they are for the most part related and relatively enjoyable. my only real complaint is that saying indigenous people are like the contemporary henry david thoreau feels incredibly disrespectful and eurocentric and just as a whole a real weird decision, tbh.
malraven's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
plantonic_friendships's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
There's this trend of authors/publishers trying to combine personal narrative into nonfiction books meant to be scientific.
I've read ones done well. This wasn't.
As a plant collector and someone who studied anthropology in undergrad and has an interest in bogs and the use of peat commerically, it's funny that I could not pay attention, even after multiple attempts over the months.
I think part of the problem is that the authors are often detached from the subject. Their good writers and are speaking from an ivory tower.
Just because a writer's an award winner doesn't mean they're the right choice to write just anything.
She's a well-written fiction writer, not a scientific research nonfiction writer. She's not even a journalist.
Disappointing. This should have been written by an expert, even if lesser known and not a Pulitzer winner.
I've read ones done well. This wasn't.
As a plant collector and someone who studied anthropology in undergrad and has an interest in bogs and the use of peat commerically, it's funny that I could not pay attention, even after multiple attempts over the months.
I think part of the problem is that the authors are often detached from the subject. Their good writers and are speaking from an ivory tower.
Just because a writer's an award winner doesn't mean they're the right choice to write just anything.
She's a well-written fiction writer, not a scientific research nonfiction writer. She's not even a journalist.
Disappointing. This should have been written by an expert, even if lesser known and not a Pulitzer winner.