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The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect by Wendy Williams

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doddyaboutbooks's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

cake_cats_books's review

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

bucketoffish's review against another edition

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4.0

I had no idea that butterflies were so interesting! This is a really incredible science book that covers a ton of interesting subjects related to butterflies and moths. Everything from fossils showing butterfly evolution, the history of how people found that caterpillars and butterflies were the same species, the biology of butterfly wings, to discussion of butterfly migration and conservation. I definitely learned a lot, and I thought that the book was very well written.

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3.0

This book reminded me of Braiding Sweetgrass in a way (which I also gave 3 stars). There's a lot of exposition about the beauty of butterflies and nature. I hoped to have more hard science and history but this was just not that kind of book and it's not the author's fault I had other expectations. It was a well written love letter to butterflies and those who love them. If I had more interest in butterflies and not a more broad fascination with insect biology as a whole, I probably would have given this 5 stars instead.