Reviews

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart

mandtastic's review

informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

Interesting, fast paced. I like it, but it was definitely not an engaging “story. “

fionacrossley's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

3.5

theketchupmess's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

dusta's review against another edition

informative

3.25

mcatcarr's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

5.0

norasteinkopf's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

4.0

deboraha's review against another edition

informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.25

hectaizani's review against another edition

3.0

Amy Stewart's book about plants are always interesting but she ascribes too many anthropomorphic qualities to her subjects. Plants aren't evil, or wicked, they just are. Their poisons and toxins are biological defense mechanisms and weren't evolved simply to decimate humankind.

verbosevespertine's review

dark informative medium-paced

3.0

jennifleur's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.0

WICKED PLANTS: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A lovely little compilation of short “biographies” of poisonous, toxic and other troublesome plants. So many intriguing and terrifying facts in this book! What’s not to love?