A review by skylacine
The Nature of Our Cities: Harnessing the Power of the Natural World to Survive a Changing Planet by Nadina Galle

3.5

Interesting book about the relationship between humans and nature in modern times, especially in cities. However, it didn't hook me completely (especially the first hundred pages or so were a bit boring to me) and I was also kinda hoping for more focus on human-animal relations.

To me "nature" isn't just plants and trees and such, but the entirety of ecosystems including animals. And 95% of this book really just focuses on plants, there's very little focus on animals. Which I thought was a bit disappointing. I get it, plants are super important, but it feels a bit neglectful to exclude talking about animals in your book that's supposedly about nature. If you really want to focus on plants, that's fine, but then don't put the word "nature" in your title.