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the_sunken_library's review against another edition
5.0
I read this alongside the audiobook, which is narrated by the author.
A truly eye-opening book revealing a layer of the natural world I know very little about. I had no idea about how interconnected fungi and mycelium are with everything around us, and so this book has really changed my perception on so many things.
Packed with fascinating and humerous anecdotes, Merlin delivers fact after fact in a very digestible manner. Highly recommended. Loved the epilogue as well where he finished by saying how he will use a printed copy of the book to grow mushrooms and fement cider. Wonderful.
A truly eye-opening book revealing a layer of the natural world I know very little about. I had no idea about how interconnected fungi and mycelium are with everything around us, and so this book has really changed my perception on so many things.
Packed with fascinating and humerous anecdotes, Merlin delivers fact after fact in a very digestible manner. Highly recommended. Loved the epilogue as well where he finished by saying how he will use a printed copy of the book to grow mushrooms and fement cider. Wonderful.
bdubs2000's review against another edition
3.0
Unfortunately, I think I made the mistake of listening to the audiobook rather than just reading the book.
The audiobook was read by the author, which usually leads to an awesome experience, but in this case it was not a plus. They had a very steady monotone voice that did not have much inflection. It lead to a very long 9 hours.
Another problem I have with the book is how it is outlined. What Sheldrake set out to do is extremely impressive and daunting because how does someone outline how fungi shapes our world in a concise matter to the tended audience. It just felt like he was jumping around midchapter to explain something that was sorta connected to the main theme of that chapter. Again, I don't know if that is just an audiobook problem, where if I had read the actual book, things would make more sense maybe?
Overall, this book just felt like an existential crisis about fungi and just wasn't for me.
The audiobook was read by the author, which usually leads to an awesome experience, but in this case it was not a plus. They had a very steady monotone voice that did not have much inflection. It lead to a very long 9 hours.
Another problem I have with the book is how it is outlined. What Sheldrake set out to do is extremely impressive and daunting because how does someone outline how fungi shapes our world in a concise matter to the tended audience. It just felt like he was jumping around midchapter to explain something that was sorta connected to the main theme of that chapter. Again, I don't know if that is just an audiobook problem, where if I had read the actual book, things would make more sense maybe?
Overall, this book just felt like an existential crisis about fungi and just wasn't for me.