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4.0 AVERAGE
Tree Bro and friends, and sometimes trees. Would have preferred more trees, more science and less bro antics. Interesting, and some of the characters are endearing, but the book is trying at times.
What an excellent and exciting book! Part novel, part exploration chronicle and part science text, this book really delivers on the passion and science of the tall tree canopy. I loved that there were/are still unknown places on the North American map. I appreciate the necessity of keeping these places secret and unnamed. We are better off knowing only that they exist and are properly explored and defined. God forbid the tree climbing enthusiasts feel compelled to "bag" these these trees so they can brag about it over a couple of IPA's in some north coast tavern. These world heritage sites deserve a better a fate. This book provides all the reasons why they should be left alone to exist as they have prior to contact with homo sapiens. Too much of our natural heritage has been lost to history, leave these trees alone.
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I really enjoyed this book. I knew nothing about redwood trees or the biology of trees or that there were adults who were obsessed with climbing trees. It took me away to another world and inspired me. The writing is okay - the best part is the stuff about the trees and the photographs on the cover. There is a bit of character development and the book is a bit confusing to start but it all comes together and is worth it in the end.
An immediate no for me. I didn't even get through the first chapter. Which is a shame because I like trees, a lot.
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very graphic and violent, overly detailed descriptions of random characters, not enough about the trees. really i was looking for a book about trees not about people climbing trees
To be honest, I didn't finish this. I've owned it for years now and struggled to get through it just to have finished it. It's not a difficult read, it's just that 80 percent of it is completely uninteresting to me. I like the style the book is written in; it reads like fiction. There are moments of beauty, excitement, and drama, just not enough to motor through the unendurable tedium of tree-height descriptions.
I read this as part of my current trend to read up on a lot of California/West Coast history/nature. When I moved out here I realized how odd it was that I couldn't immediately identify things like plants or bird species and knew virtually nothing detailed about the history of California.
This books is pretty great as a read, and I absolutely flew through it in about a week of reading on the train during my commute. It reminded me a lot of [a:Jon Krakauer|1235|Jon Krakauer|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199903308p2/1235.jpg]'s books but seemed to be backed by far less research and instead relies on recounting experiences either from the author's perspective or from the stories of renowned high canopy botanists.
If you're interested in nature or exploration of the natural world this is a great book. The respect for the trees and ecosystems they support really comes through and provides a real connection to these amazing titans of the natural world.
This books is pretty great as a read, and I absolutely flew through it in about a week of reading on the train during my commute. It reminded me a lot of [a:Jon Krakauer|1235|Jon Krakauer|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199903308p2/1235.jpg]'s books but seemed to be backed by far less research and instead relies on recounting experiences either from the author's perspective or from the stories of renowned high canopy botanists.
If you're interested in nature or exploration of the natural world this is a great book. The respect for the trees and ecosystems they support really comes through and provides a real connection to these amazing titans of the natural world.