A review by zoe_
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

First of all, I think The Nutmeg's Curse is very readable, it is a nice introduction to many topics and how they are connected, and presents a compelling premise/moral. It is, in my opinion, far from perfect, but many of the little details that were off added a weird kind of charm. It was like Ghosh's personality shone through a little more than intended or realized. It also didn't do anything spectacularly unique or new, but what it did was competent and interesting nontheless. (Personally, though, I feel like the ending didn't pay off.) 

(Edit: the more I think about the book, the less I like this book, tbh. Some of its oddities have lost their charm because Ghosh presented them as authoritative facts. A bit annoying, really.)