A review by podanotherjessi
Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future by Gloria Dickie

informative sad medium-paced
This book is very informative, and I loved all the facts I learned. It is, however, incredibly sad. There wasn't any hope given or really any advice on how to fix the problems of the declining bear populations. Instead, it was just full of incredibly grim tales about the treatment of bears. This, I think, is just the consequence of the reality. It's the situation as it is. But I do wish a little more time had been dedicated to what I, the reader, could do.
I also am quickly learning that a pet peeve of mine is nonfiction with too much focus on what the author did to research the book, and this one has a lot of that. Dickie tells a lot of stories about the trips she took to see bears, and it was just not to my taste. I lost interest whenever the book switched to first person.
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