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benrogerswpg's review
3.0
Get Planting
I thought that this was an interesting historical book on trees and nature. It also did a good explanation of climate change and how we have to work towards lowering our emissions.
About halfway through the book, it suddenly pivoted towards music and wood instruments and - although interesting - I found it to be quite a departure from what I was expecting from the book.
There is also a very in-depth chapter on the slipperiness of banana skins.
I quite like the opening half of the book and found it really interesting, especially the bits about climate change.
The second half of the book was quite niche and went into some real detailed history but various items, which were here-and-there as far as interesting goes.
3.6/5
I thought that this was an interesting historical book on trees and nature. It also did a good explanation of climate change and how we have to work towards lowering our emissions.
About halfway through the book, it suddenly pivoted towards music and wood instruments and - although interesting - I found it to be quite a departure from what I was expecting from the book.
There is also a very in-depth chapter on the slipperiness of banana skins.
I quite like the opening half of the book and found it really interesting, especially the bits about climate change.
The second half of the book was quite niche and went into some real detailed history but various items, which were here-and-there as far as interesting goes.
3.6/5
_otter_'s review
3.0
I thought this book was great in many ways. I learned a lot. But I don’t know how you even touch on talking about the history of bananas without talking about colonialism.
boundhobbies's review
informative
2.75
Planting Our World is a book of short stories/essays that express how plants play such a large role within the evolution of mankind. This author goes from discussing tree history, a very descriptive experience into looking for how slick a banana peel really is, and instruments. I originally requested this book because I expected to learn more about plants and how they have grown, evolved and how we coexist. This is not what I got from the book. Even after having changed my expectations, I found some of the material dull (such as the length of the banana peel story) and more focuses on the author's experience rather than the science. Don't get me wrong, some science is there but it just wasn't what I expected. I did find the violin aspect interesting as well however, it was information I was already aware of. I just expected more from this book. The narrator did fine but felt monotone at times.
Thank you to NetGalley for the audiobook ARC.
Thank you to NetGalley for the audiobook ARC.
trishtalksbooks's review
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
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