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A review by teadiprima
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben
4.0
A few years ago I read The Overstory, a polyphonic novel structured around 9 characters whose lives have been forever changed by trees. Some of the stories had elements of magical realism, some were more realistic, and one was based in truth. It was a solid book (a little too long and too many characters in my opinion) but the best part about it were the non-fiction elements that strung all the chapters together - the fact that trees are more sentient than we recognize.
The Hidden Life of Trees is like a non-fictional counterpart of The Overstory diving into all the ways trees can interact with one another, communicate, and protect one another to survive. It talks about forests as one single organism rather than a collection of isolated species.
Not the kind of thing I would normally pick up but was really interesting.
The Hidden Life of Trees is like a non-fictional counterpart of The Overstory diving into all the ways trees can interact with one another, communicate, and protect one another to survive. It talks about forests as one single organism rather than a collection of isolated species.
Not the kind of thing I would normally pick up but was really interesting.