Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan

4.28 AVERAGE

cauchemarlena's review against another edition

2.0
Selles raamatus oli mitu ilusat mõtet inimeste ja looduse seotuse kohta, kuid mulle ei meeldinud see raamat üldse. Kui ma oleks seda kuulanud jutustusena kas audioraamatu või taskuhäälinguna, oleks kogemus olnud arvatavasti täiesti teine.

dorre's review against another edition

3.0
emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
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casey_larsen's review

DID NOT FINISH: 39%
Started reading for a class and not interested enough to finish.
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gitli57's review

3.0
informative reflective
This was a reread of an older Hogan essay collection (1995). It's not my favorite Hogan and, tbh, it hasn't aged terribly well. There are some beautiful passages, but some concerns and viewpoints seem dated. In many places, it doesn't sound like what I think of as Hogan's voice. Too much Loren Eisley and similar folks for my tastes. If I decided to part with any of my Hogan books, this would likely be the first to go...
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thefeministthumb's review against another edition

4.0
hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
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vielzitrone's review

4.0
reflective slow-paced
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vi_readsbooks's review

3.5
emotional inspiring reflective
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sonicdonutflour's review

4.0
emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Linda Hogan is one of my favorite writers; some of these essays are perfect and some didn’t really grab me…short and worth the read.
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skk111321's review against another edition

4.0
I really loved the poetic language that Hogan used in Dwellings. It is different from a lot of novels I have read and I appreciated this uniqueness! One of my favorite things about this novel was learning the random bits of fact that were woven into Hogan's essays. I learned about the Voyager, research with chimps, and various Indian histories that I would never have known about if I hadn't read this book.

One issue I had, but this is totally a personal issue, was that the novel bit too out there for me at times. I would loose focus when Hogan went on mini tangents about things that I had lost interest in. I think that I would have enjoyed it more if the essays were more concise.
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librar_bee's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing