zalily7971 's review for:

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

1.5

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This book was painful to get through. The first chapter was interesting and posed some good arguments and critiques on capitalism and consumerism, the last chapter was an interesting note on being a citizen. Especially during a time when you don't agree with the government. I see why the only parts of this book read/taught in schools is the last chapter. The rest of the book is musings on nature, Thoreau's prose and writing is beautiful, but he gets lost in the weeds and a lot of the nice context he is talking about nature get's lost in his complete pompous "I'm better than everyone else" attitude. Altogether his writing is beautiful but the ulterior beauty is lost in the pages.