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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
2 reviews
inkdrinkers's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Do you ever walk into a bookstore and pick up a book and hold it for a second, thinking "Everyone really loves this, maybe I should try it?" But then you convince yourself to leave it - only to pick it up again the next time you see it out. And that back and forth of will I read this, will I not, is what finally made me sit down and pick up World Of Wonders.
Told in briefs, this book navigates the author's life through the lens of various fauna and flora around the world. The concept was what drew me in multiple times, but unfortunately the words on the page just didn't connect with me. I think my favorite two sections were easily the whale shark and flamingo, because at least they had some substance and something to connect the author to the creatures she spoke about.
I felt like this was empty for me, devoid of some kind of spark that I expected to feel from the first page. Instead it took me literal weeks to get through this hundred-page collection. I wanted to finish it to see if it was truly one that would end up on my shelf and ended up glad I never parted with my money for a paperback edition.
content warnings: talk of pregnancy, racism experienced as an Indian woman, and animal death.
Told in briefs, this book navigates the author's life through the lens of various fauna and flora around the world. The concept was what drew me in multiple times, but unfortunately the words on the page just didn't connect with me. I think my favorite two sections were easily the whale shark and flamingo, because at least they had some substance and something to connect the author to the creatures she spoke about.
I felt like this was empty for me, devoid of some kind of spark that I expected to feel from the first page. Instead it took me literal weeks to get through this hundred-page collection. I wanted to finish it to see if it was truly one that would end up on my shelf and ended up glad I never parted with my money for a paperback edition.
content warnings: talk of pregnancy, racism experienced as an Indian woman, and animal death.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Pregnancy and Racism
caseythereader's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Racism, and Pregnancy
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