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A review by bishopbox
On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
2.0
I thought the concept was super cool but the execution left something to be desired. It’s not a revolutionary book at all, but sometimes, a person wants to read a light-hearted book with some simple (and sometimes wrong) fun facts to think about through the day. I have no gripe with that.
However, I feel like nothing was done to really give it that oomph I was wanting. Like great, we know a bunch of basic facts about some different fields that we can notice on walks. But i think it would’ve added a lot to just talk about learning to observe stuff that matters to you. How can this observation be added into other areas of life? How do you learn to observe for an area/field that you aren’t familiar with? How do you keep observation fun?
I think there’s just a lot of other directions that could’ve added more to the book.
However, I feel like nothing was done to really give it that oomph I was wanting. Like great, we know a bunch of basic facts about some different fields that we can notice on walks. But i think it would’ve added a lot to just talk about learning to observe stuff that matters to you. How can this observation be added into other areas of life? How do you learn to observe for an area/field that you aren’t familiar with? How do you keep observation fun?
I think there’s just a lot of other directions that could’ve added more to the book.