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daumari's review against another edition
4.0
Actually am going to write a review, but not at the moment because I need to leave for work in 5 hours- previous books I've read are namechecked and I want to mention them in context (especially because I gave [b:The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation|22716462|The New Wild Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation|Fred Pearce|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408929384s/22716462.jpg|42243715] four stars and Anthony is like "This is a journalist out of his lane"). Although this took me a while (three months is unusually long for me), a worthwhile look at how invasives terraform our planet. This also checked my nationality privilege, as Anthony is a Canadian author and therefore starts his investigations with what the Canadian government is doing- I feel like most of what I read is from American authors, and that's something to be conscious of in the future.
mischief_in_the_library's review against another edition
2.0
This book had the potential to be super interesting. Invasive species is an interesting topic that have some really interesting implications for our world. I was put off almost straight away by the author smugly apologising for puns he was making that were definitely not puns, and writing in that descriptive, flowery way that tends to characterise fantasy novels, rather than science non-fiction. To be fair to Anthony, it did get a bit better and more informative in later sections, but I was extremely close to giving up near the start.
I'm not sure how I felt about the structure, either. I understand that he was trying to break it up into different stages of the prevention/management process, but it felt a bit like we were jumping back and forth to different locations and back again, without one story ever being quite completed.
If you're particularly interested in the topic, it's worth a quick read for some of the anecdotes and stories, but there are better science books around.
I'm not sure how I felt about the structure, either. I understand that he was trying to break it up into different stages of the prevention/management process, but it felt a bit like we were jumping back and forth to different locations and back again, without one story ever being quite completed.
If you're particularly interested in the topic, it's worth a quick read for some of the anecdotes and stories, but there are better science books around.
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