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A review by jessferg
Darwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen
3.0
I realize that non-fiction writing is a combination of expertise and research and that, therefore, there are often lots of studies and ideas quoted within the text. More often than not though this book, unfortunately, incorporates what would ordinarily be in the notes right into the text and thus ends up sounding like a round-up of the literature to date on the subject instead of a seamless retelling of the process of evolution in an urban environment.
The result is that I got bored and while I'm sure there is something I learned, I don't feel equipped to have a discussion with anyone about this topic except at the most basic level.
Schilthuizen also turned me off with his stance that humans effect their environment no differently than anything else in nature, which is blatantly untrue and an unnecessary disclosure for the purposes of the book.
What am I saying? I didn't hate it but I probably would only recommend it to the most determined of my citizen science friends and urban development geeks. I appreciate the attempt to put this topic on the general public's radar.
The result is that I got bored and while I'm sure there is something I learned, I don't feel equipped to have a discussion with anyone about this topic except at the most basic level.
Schilthuizen also turned me off with his stance that humans effect their environment no differently than anything else in nature, which is blatantly untrue and an unnecessary disclosure for the purposes of the book.
What am I saying? I didn't hate it but I probably would only recommend it to the most determined of my citizen science friends and urban development geeks. I appreciate the attempt to put this topic on the general public's radar.