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kangokaren's review against another edition
4.0
POPSUGAR 2024 Prompt 17: set in a travel destination on my bucket list (The Amazon).
This was a scientific book written for younger readers. Very interesting information on the pink dolphins and the Amazon in general.
This was a scientific book written for younger readers. Very interesting information on the pink dolphins and the Amazon in general.
ethib77's review against another edition
4.0
This book reads like you are actually touring the Amazon.
aturb92's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
solitarysoul's review
3.0
Not that was unsure before but the Amazon with its plethora of rats, spiders the size of fists and mosquitoes galore; is not for me.
katrinadreamer's review
5.0
I've had this since 1998 and I finally read it while recovering from surgery. I completely fell in love with it and I can't believe I waited more than 10 years to read it!
Montgomery's descriptions are fantastic, her love for the animals is apparent, and her tenderness and insight are wedded magically. Like Robert Payne's Among Whales, this book made me want to drop everything and go observe some animal, any animal, in its native habitat. I want to read everything she's ever written now.
Montgomery's descriptions are fantastic, her love for the animals is apparent, and her tenderness and insight are wedded magically. Like Robert Payne's Among Whales, this book made me want to drop everything and go observe some animal, any animal, in its native habitat. I want to read everything she's ever written now.
owen0802's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
profejennifer's review
4.0
This is the fourth of Sy Montgomery's books I've read. In technical terms, I would say it had the most elegant prose; with regards to the content, it was probably the most significant, given the urgent need for conservation in the rapidly disappearing Amazon rainforest. And yet while I recognize all of that, it just didn't capture me in the same way that Soul of an Octopus or The Good Good Pig did, hence the 4 stars instead of 5.