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adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
fast-paced
Genuinely hilarious, had me laughing out loud multiple times. I wouldn't shut up about this to anyone who would listen.
I don't really find libertarianism particularly resonant, and I still don't after reading this book, but I don't think that was the authors intention. Instead, I have a greater appreciation for what my taxes pay for (or would pay for if I lived in the USA) and what local government can do when used properly and when misused. It does a great job of combining a narrative about humanity's never ending war against nature with one about freedom as a concept. It's an incredibly enjoyable read, and I recommend it to anyone who has even a passing interest in local politics, ecology or libertarianism at its extremes.
I don't really find libertarianism particularly resonant, and I still don't after reading this book, but I don't think that was the authors intention. Instead, I have a greater appreciation for what my taxes pay for (or would pay for if I lived in the USA) and what local government can do when used properly and when misused. It does a great job of combining a narrative about humanity's never ending war against nature with one about freedom as a concept. It's an incredibly enjoyable read, and I recommend it to anyone who has even a passing interest in local politics, ecology or libertarianism at its extremes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia
slow-paced
I HATE this book. I'm absolutely certain that a really good book could have been written about these events and circumstances, so it's an absolute tragedy that this one was instead.
This book lacks any kind of structure or coherence. It jumps forward and backward through time, between different topics and narratives, from person to person, seemingly without rhyme or reason. It is impossible to follow any sequence, keep track of any individual, or place any event in time. The book reads like it was cut into pieces and pasted back together random.
The author injects his opinions and prejudices into the book frequently and obnoxiously, and makes no distinction between established fact and wild conjecture. The most egregious example is the entire chapter about Charles Nicolle's research in the early twentieth century leading to Hongoltz-Hetling's completely baseless theory that Toxoplasma gondii may be responsible, to some unspecified degree, for the behaviour of some or all of the bears and humans involved. It's pure speculation but presented almost as fact.
And each chapter begins with a quotation about bears, or that mentions bears, or that just has the word "bear" in it. These quotations don't relate to the subject of the chapter, nor to anything else that I could see. They're just there because the author liked them, I guess.
This book is infuriatingly bad. It should not exist.
This book lacks any kind of structure or coherence. It jumps forward and backward through time, between different topics and narratives, from person to person, seemingly without rhyme or reason. It is impossible to follow any sequence, keep track of any individual, or place any event in time. The book reads like it was cut into pieces and pasted back together random.
The author injects his opinions and prejudices into the book frequently and obnoxiously, and makes no distinction between established fact and wild conjecture. The most egregious example is the entire chapter about Charles Nicolle's research in the early twentieth century leading to Hongoltz-Hetling's completely baseless theory that Toxoplasma gondii may be responsible, to some unspecified degree, for the behaviour of some or all of the bears and humans involved. It's pure speculation but presented almost as fact.
And each chapter begins with a quotation about bears, or that mentions bears, or that just has the word "bear" in it. These quotations don't relate to the subject of the chapter, nor to anything else that I could see. They're just there because the author liked them, I guess.
This book is infuriatingly bad. It should not exist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia