A review by themadmadmadeline
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel

2.0

I absolutely loved the portions of the book which involved the banana's biological history and life as an organism. However, I found that parts of the book dragged for me personally. I really didn't find the "human interest" portions of the book to be related to the actual organism (of the banana) and I felt that the author digressed greatly from the actual topic. While the book was well-written (and while bits were fascinating!) I found myself just trying to get it done; I found the book to be extremely out of order (while it's fine for books to not necessarily be in chronological order, the author did not craft the book exceptionally well to the point where I felt the portions which were out of order flowed). However, the snippets I learned definitely made me change my attitude towards the banana and how it fits in our world- I guess the author did his job at the end of the day.