A review by soniagracelm
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

3.0

A good book for avid gardeners, but it left me a little unsatisfied. Pollan is very pleased with his own writing style. As a consequence, the tone is a little pompous. It's full of information, but he really beats the reader over the head with some of his points, and he likes telling personal anecdotes so much that it's almost a memoir. I liked it well enough to finish it, and it is well-written, but I wouldn't recommend it for everyone.