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A review by smoladeryn
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
A lot of the stories seem so meandering that at first they’re slow and frustrating to read. It’s only with perseverance do we find out why we were hearing such intricate and intimate stories of her family and what on earth it had to do with the trees.
The whole anthropomorphism makes the science compelling to many, but also felt overwrought at times. The dramatization of the memoir felt very Canadian to me as an immigrant of 15 years. Reminded me of me ex mother in law’s stories. Not in a good way (‘:
I also found it odd how much she assumed and supposed other people’s intentions, desires, and thoughts. I wasn’t sure if these were just clumsy assumptions for drama’s sake or projection.
Despite all of this I did find that the long told story of a woman in a very male industry and the awful sexism she encountered a really important story to tell buried in what honestly made me feel bored a lot.
The book was a struggle to finish. I’d kill for an abridged version with just the science and discovery - which is what I picked the book up for first.
It’s actually much more heavily weighted to the personal and family - I’d say most it is memoir & just a small fraction the science or research b
The whole anthropomorphism makes the science compelling to many, but also felt overwrought at times. The dramatization of the memoir felt very Canadian to me as an immigrant of 15 years. Reminded me of me ex mother in law’s stories. Not in a good way (‘:
I also found it odd how much she assumed and supposed other people’s intentions, desires, and thoughts. I wasn’t sure if these were just clumsy assumptions for drama’s sake or projection.
Despite all of this I did find that the long told story of a woman in a very male industry and the awful sexism she encountered a really important story to tell buried in what honestly made me feel bored a lot.
The book was a struggle to finish. I’d kill for an abridged version with just the science and discovery - which is what I picked the book up for first.
It’s actually much more heavily weighted to the personal and family - I’d say most it is memoir & just a small fraction the science or research b