The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

Patrik Svensson with Agnes Broomé (Translator)

5 hours, 55 minutes first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
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Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish--the eel--and a reflection on the human condition.Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So litt...

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informative 95%
reflective 69%
emotional 31%
mysterious 26%
inspiring 15%
adventurous 12%
sad 12%
relaxing 9%
hopeful 7%
lighthearted 6%
challenging 5%
funny 5%
dark 2%

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slow 28%
fast 9%

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