270 reviews for:

The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

Peter Wohlleben

3.68 AVERAGE

shhh_tamis_reading's review against another edition

4.0

informative relaxing slow-paced

chantalslibrary's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

marlena_czyta's review against another edition

2.0

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2.5

a_robin_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

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Another fascinating read from this series

susanne_latour's review against another edition

3.0

informative medium-paced

charlotte_owl's review against another edition

5.0

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This story focuses on how animals, even insects, have emotions, souls, and thoughts. It is a mixture of scientific fact and anedotes, and is written in a rather colloquial way. The author lives surrounded by forest, and he is very intuned with the world around him. He also keeps many animals, such as goats, horses, dogs, and chickens. His arguments are well presented, and very persuasive. I found his knowledge of deer, especially the behavior amongst a group of doe, to be particularly interesting. There is a group of doe who often visit my parents' yard. There are times when I, accidentally, have gotten very close to them. They don't see me as a threat. With the knowledge of this book, I see this group of doe differently. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book!

renbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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Some fascinating anecdotes and research presented in this book. I read this right after "Mama's Last Hug", another book on animal behavior. Everyone should read these books to see how complex the emotions and intelligence of many animals really are, even those thought to not be intelligent or sentient.

mariejosed's review against another edition

3.5

funny informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

raptorq's review against another edition

3.0

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

mary's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced