A review by jnnutter
The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination by Richard Mabey

3.0

Mabey uses a lot of beautiful language in this. There are certainly a lot of enjoyable moments, some great well researched information. A loosely carved argument. But with all that said, it felt a bit like I was dragging my feet through it. So much so that I put it down for 4 years before finishing it this week. The information is interesting, but the anecdotal associations were verbose and for me didn't add much.
not bad, not great. Loses points for being such an effort to get through even though I consciously wanted to like it. 3.25/5