Scan barcode
A review by juliette_21
Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
Did not finish book.
DNF this book half way through.
I had high expectations for this book. I really love anything about Chernobyl as it really interests me so much. I was expecting to really enjoy reading about different places around the world that are left to their own devices.
What I like about the book :
- The theme
- The places chosen and talked about
What put me off:
- The writing felt off, very poetic and not really engaging.
- The author kept switching from past to present and from one place to another which could have been interesting but not the way it was written.
- The lack of pictures in each chapter. I struggled to picture what the author was going on about. I would have preferred more pictures lain out within the text.
- A lot of detailing about trees and shrubs and plants, but not knowing what most of them were I felt more bored than interested.
This book would have been better if it had more photos and maybe if the author kept to her chosen topic per chapter instead of going off on some other place description.
Very disappointed as I love non fiction and had high hopes for this book.
I had high expectations for this book. I really love anything about Chernobyl as it really interests me so much. I was expecting to really enjoy reading about different places around the world that are left to their own devices.
What I like about the book :
- The theme
- The places chosen and talked about
What put me off:
- The writing felt off, very poetic and not really engaging.
- The author kept switching from past to present and from one place to another which could have been interesting but not the way it was written.
- The lack of pictures in each chapter. I struggled to picture what the author was going on about. I would have preferred more pictures lain out within the text.
- A lot of detailing about trees and shrubs and plants, but not knowing what most of them were I felt more bored than interested.
This book would have been better if it had more photos and maybe if the author kept to her chosen topic per chapter instead of going off on some other place description.
Very disappointed as I love non fiction and had high hopes for this book.