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lisamchuk's review
4.0
At times I thought this book (part nature memoir, part nature philosophical musings) too slow, or too wordy, or too over my head - yet at other times I thought it quiet and sensible and kind and practical and inspiring. So I did enjoy it it. I didn’t come away with some big epiphany, but I will try to spend more time listening, wandering, barefoot, and appreciating the outside natural world.
seaweed's review against another edition
hopeful
Even though I agree with many of theses, the way they were presented turned me into a hate reader after the second half. There are passages in this book where this comfortable middle class author considers herself "on the edge of society" for not wearing shoes in the backyard of her spacious suburban home or calling trees "she" (#feminism).
Also, the citation apparatus? Atrocious. Considering the author refers to a different text 3 times a paragraph, one bibliography at the end is not sufficient. If you ever expect people to fact check - or hell, even to learn more about the things you're writing, you'd need to at least do a list of references once a chapter. It's not like she is against footnotes, even, but mostly uses them for mid-tier jokes.
AND she cites Susan Simard's TED talk instead of literally anything????? Yeah, if you were hoping to learn something about science, look the other way.
Also, the citation apparatus? Atrocious. Considering the author refers to a different text 3 times a paragraph, one bibliography at the end is not sufficient. If you ever expect people to fact check - or hell, even to learn more about the things you're writing, you'd need to at least do a list of references once a chapter. It's not like she is against footnotes, even, but mostly uses them for mid-tier jokes.
AND she cites Susan Simard's TED talk instead of literally anything????? Yeah, if you were hoping to learn something about science, look the other way.
morgisreading's review against another edition
3.5
I think I would’ve liked reading this book better than listening. I really loved parts of it and other parts my mind just wandered away and I absorbed none of it
kthzhng's review
this feels like a rip off of indigenous and Asian cultural ideology