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sarah_dietrich's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
Heartfelt and inspiring. A love letter to trees. Succinctly explains how the natural world is vital for our health.
kimmag92's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
I struggled to give this book a star rating. Jones puts forward all the research into why we need nature and natural spaces in an accessible and readable manner and it did not take long to convince me that we all need more time outside and in nature. Where I struggled with this book is with her advice. She readily admits she lives a middle class life in the English countryside and appears to have a job that is either very flexible or she can set her own hours. Though she is aware of this she never has in the book any advice for people who do not live her lifestyle. Jones has loads of research about how nature helps people in poverty but nothing about how they can access nature within the confines of their lived reality. I live alone, work fulltime, and do everything for myself and I do not have the hours in a day or week to go walk through the forest for hours as she suggests. Had she balanced her experience of nature with others of different socio-economic classes I think it would have made for a stronger book. There is also a lot of focus on the benefits of nature for children and as someone who does not want children I found myself skimming these parts after she stated her point for the section/chapter.
leak's review against another edition
5.0
There are very few books I'd consider reading more than once, and this is absolutely one of them! I think the title and cover don't give it enough justice - it surprised me by the amount of insights the authors has filled the pages with such a great sense of care and wonder for nature. A must-read!
fern17's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0