A review by phryne_marple
Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life by George Monbiot

Did not finish book.

Gosh darn it when does the stuff about actual rewilding research and projects start?!?! I have dragged myself through chapter 3 AND HE IS STILL SHARING PERSONAL ANNECDOTES ABOUT ALL THE TIMES HE WENT FISHING!!! I usually love nature writing and don't mind a slow pace but this man is driving me up the wall waiting for him to get to the point. I guess I was just expecting something different? Going by the title/description I was looking forward to an exploration of rewilding as a practice and a research topic - current projects, possibilities, theories, etcetera and instead I am stuck listening to a man complain about how boring his current life is (in the audiobook narrated by the author no less, so I can't even skip or skim pages) I really want this to be good! I would really like to get to the cool projects he presumably (hopefully? surely he must??) talk about later but I'm not sure I'll ever make it there... My advice would be: get a paper version so you can skip the first 3-however many chapters.... (if you do let me know what you find)