pickI loved this! Even though so much of this is covered in other books —trees are big!— the way the ideas are presented are delightful. Wohlleben gives the trees human characteristics— screaming, communicating, friendships— which are all exactly what the trees have going on, but it‘s always intriguing to me to think of these traits in human terms.
1) Reminding myself that, assuming we're not living in the Matrix, I only know for sure that I have this one life, so it deserves my attention, care, curiosity, and joy.
2) Tagged, although there are several I could name at different points in my life.
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so-soShould have been called “the anatomy of a treehugger“. This includes a lot of good information about the scientific and environmental importance of trees. Some of the characters are interesting. The writing is stellar. But in the end, it felt more like a very long protest book and less like a timeless work of fiction. Glad I read it and I understand the Pulitzer if only for the writing and scope, but just wasn‘t my cup of tea.
so-soShould have been called “the anatomy of a treehugger“. This includes a lot of good information about the scientific and environmental importance of trees. Some of the characters are interesting. The writing is stellar. But in the end, it felt more like a very long protest book and less like a timeless work of fiction. Glad I read it and I understand the Pulitzer if only for the writing and scope, but just wasn‘t my cup of tea.
Cool midday breeze blows
Towering trees and green leaves
To me this is peace
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pickStructurally creative and informative, and hopeful! Recommend to everyone with an interest in the planet and ecology.
so-soOverall I enjoy the story, and I have to confess I didn't know anything about the Cyprus civil war and it was really interesting, I'm sure I'll look more into it. Despite loving magic realism and the way Shafak writes, I often found the parts told from the fig tree's point of view quite boring and I felt myself disconnecting and having to re-read them sometimes. I didn't mind the parts of the fig tree when they were relevant to the story, it was⬇️
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