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A review by sean_mann
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
My favorite parts of this book were Thoreau's observations of nature and the many interesting features you can identify when you observe everything in detail over a long period of time. His description of the actions of baby birds hiding from potential threats, or of the varied states and noises of ice on the pond reveal a beauty in nature that is just waiting for us to stop and observe it.
In between these observations were reflections on society that shifted between profound and somewhat of a lecture. One statement that stuck out to me was his comment that he doesn't read the news because what value does it serve to see that a man died in such and such a place today? Once you've read it once, you'll find the same things every time, and there are much better ways to spend your time.
In between these observations were reflections on society that shifted between profound and somewhat of a lecture. One statement that stuck out to me was his comment that he doesn't read the news because what value does it serve to see that a man died in such and such a place today? Once you've read it once, you'll find the same things every time, and there are much better ways to spend your time.