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A review by leandrathetbrzero
Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
*BOOK REVIEW CATCH UP #4/54 😳*
Everyone should be reading this book.
I read this over the course of a few weeks back in June and July, and I remember being so glad I took my time it. Each chapter is filled with unique locations and anecdotes, researched historical facts, and thought-provoking takeaways about the climate crisis, the people and governments at fault, and the amazing ways nature has licked its wounds in human's absences.
My favorite chapters are as follows:
⭐ "No Man's Land: the Buffer Zone, Cyprus"
⭐ "Old Fields: Harju, Estonia"
⭐ "Nuclear Winter: Chernobyl, Ukraine"
⭐ "Revelation: Plymouth, Montserrat"
I gave the above chapters 5 stars each, and every other chapter received 3-4 stars. A powerful collection of writings that is NOT designed to make humanity feel better about the wounds we have inflicted upon our earth. Instead, as Flyn explains, this catalogs how nature perseveres in spite of its scars. A redemption arc, indeed.
Everyone should be reading this book.
I read this over the course of a few weeks back in June and July, and I remember being so glad I took my time it. Each chapter is filled with unique locations and anecdotes, researched historical facts, and thought-provoking takeaways about the climate crisis, the people and governments at fault, and the amazing ways nature has licked its wounds in human's absences.
My favorite chapters are as follows:
⭐ "No Man's Land: the Buffer Zone, Cyprus"
⭐ "Old Fields: Harju, Estonia"
⭐ "Nuclear Winter: Chernobyl, Ukraine"
⭐ "Revelation: Plymouth, Montserrat"
I gave the above chapters 5 stars each, and every other chapter received 3-4 stars. A powerful collection of writings that is NOT designed to make humanity feel better about the wounds we have inflicted upon our earth. Instead, as Flyn explains, this catalogs how nature perseveres in spite of its scars. A redemption arc, indeed.