A review by randi_jo
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

emotional informative slow-paced

2.75

I really enjoyed the first half of this book. I like info-memoir type books, so I had zero issues with the meandering and thoughtful prose that went between life, moss, and how they correspond to one another. I think there is really good information presented here, especially on the chapters that focus on a moss's role in the ecosystem. The second half of the book, though, began to get very presemptuous and contemptuous of ways of life that are not minimalistic/off the grid. At one point the author likens the transplant of rock with wild old growth mosses by a private owner to his garden to slaves being stolen from Africa to live on plantations. A bit too out of pocket for me, especially since going into this, I was looking more for information than to be force-fed biased ethics.