jennp28 's review for:

Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

4.0

emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

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This was an absolutely fascinating book. It took me a while to read because the writing style is quite dense and poetic and makes extensive use of a very interesting vocabulary. However the stories told within it are fascinating and important. I felt like I was travelling along with the author on his journey - especially the part where he paddles through northern Canada because that’s familiar territory for me, but also in the unfamiliar lands of the other parts of the book. It has certainly changed the way I feel about hydro power - which is presented in Canada as a clean and natural energy source. I’ve always felt a kinship with water - the lakes and oceans of my home province of Nova Scotia - but this book has reinforced that and made me think of them as living rather than just as energy-having. An important and beautiful read. 

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my voluntary and honest review.