raistlynreadit 's review for:

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

5.0

informative medium-paced

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It's been over a week and I'm still thinking about this book. I tell all my friends about it, because it is utterly fascinating. I love watching nature documentaries, but they hardly, if ever, go  into anything deeper than the mating habits of bower birds. But this book makes the connection that bower birds (and perhaps other animals that don't have so obvious a way to tell) DO have preferences for their sexual partners, and perhaps DO have some agency over who they procreate with instead of relying solely on base need. That is just so fascinating to me. I describe this book to my friends thus: it is the intersection of colonialism, queerness, and nature. If that sounds like something you're interested in, READ THIS BOOK!

Thank you NetGalley and Spiegel & Grau for the ALC.