ksafar 's review for:

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

3.75

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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I read this book over quite a long period because I feel like essay collections often become repetitive for me, so I tend to read one chapter every couple of weeks to combat that! That being said, it did still feel very repetitive at times. It was a really interesting read and definitely had some points I will be chewing on for a while. The discussion about becoming indigenous to place was really interesting to me and has changed how I think about my own relationship to the land as a first/second gen Canadian. There were also definitely some pieces that felt very preachy or that I just didn’t really understand the metaphor or resonate with which did knock my rating down a little, but overall a very good read! I also liked the audiobook as the author has a great reading voice. Would definitely recommend to people, but would also recommend reading it one chapter at a time and not all in one shot.