Reviews and Comments

Too dry and so many lost opportunities to use pictures rather than words. She gave many statistics in text where a chart would have been so much more effective and interesting. Also I thought it would be an interesting mix of science and stories/facts/myths however the interesting stories only came at the end after an entire book about oyster farming techniques and I was bored by then so only skimmed. I was hoping for a Mary Roach type book but was very disappointed. Has almost put me off oysters too.

His writing style reminded me somewhat of Naomi Klein with the way he used a historical narrative approach rather than just sprouting facts and figures. I really enjoyed it although I feel he missed the whole AI impact on energy use which is massive and would have been known at the time of writing

Fascinating read but lost a bit of momentum in the end, not sure if it was me or the book. Still learnt a lot

Written as in the style of non-fiction but using real historical events was interesting especially as they went to the effort of creating footnotes and references to add an element of authenticity

Already angry at the patriarchal system that continues to demonise us to this day and which I experience all too often, I found this book a riveting read and can't express my admiration enough for the fight these women took on with humbleness and dignity. These stories feed my anger however that's good cause then we continue to fight and dismantle the patriarchy in any way we can. Apathy is not an option

Beautiful stories of trees and humans and the impact of humans on trees. I became a bit obsessed with trees while reading and definitely took more notice wherever I went.

The one critique I have is that there was a bit too much packed into the plotline and I think it could have been simpler by just focusing of the trees and leaving out the digital parts. But I enjoyed it nonetheless

enjoyable as long as you don't mind slow, very detailed and precise descriptive writing. I read Tolstoy not long again and it reminds me of that style where everything is described with utmost attention to detail

Very enjoyable in a meditative way. If you like the style of Tolstoy then you'll like this. Quite astounding it was written by an American as it does feel very authentically Russian