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A review by plantonic_friendships
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
There's this trend of authors/publishers trying to combine personal narrative into nonfiction books meant to be scientific.
I've read ones done well. This wasn't.
As a plant collector and someone who studied anthropology in undergrad and has an interest in bogs and the use of peat commerically, it's funny that I could not pay attention, even after multiple attempts over the months.
I think part of the problem is that the authors are often detached from the subject. Their good writers and are speaking from an ivory tower.
Just because a writer's an award winner doesn't mean they're the right choice to write just anything.
She's a well-written fiction writer, not a scientific research nonfiction writer. She's not even a journalist.
Disappointing. This should have been written by an expert, even if lesser known and not a Pulitzer winner.
I've read ones done well. This wasn't.
As a plant collector and someone who studied anthropology in undergrad and has an interest in bogs and the use of peat commerically, it's funny that I could not pay attention, even after multiple attempts over the months.
I think part of the problem is that the authors are often detached from the subject. Their good writers and are speaking from an ivory tower.
Just because a writer's an award winner doesn't mean they're the right choice to write just anything.
She's a well-written fiction writer, not a scientific research nonfiction writer. She's not even a journalist.
Disappointing. This should have been written by an expert, even if lesser known and not a Pulitzer winner.