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415 reviews
4.0
This one is for the frog-catchers, the birdwatchers, and anyone who's gotten down in the dirt for a better look at a plant or mushroom.
I had just finished Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass when I picked up Forest Euphoria and it proved to be the perfect follow-up. In this book, author Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian seamlessly blends science, politics and nature together...or perhaps she shows the reader how linked they are to begin with. Kaishian takes the reader along for her journey to become a mycologist, sharing how she reckoned with her queerness and cultural identity along the way.
If you liked Braiding Sweetgrass and The Entangled Life, be sure to preorder Forest Euphoria or pick it up upon its release in May.
Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, and Sexual assault
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
To be honest, I found Addie to be the least interesting character. She’s stubborn, smart and pretty, but despite the length of the book I didn’t feel I truly got to know her. Was that perhaps the point? That she’s unknowable by all except for Henry and Luc?
I wanted more of Remy and Sam!
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use and Mental illness
Minor: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, and War
5.0
Well, this made me cry several times.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty and War
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content
Minor: Animal death
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, and Racism
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Murder
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Violence and Colonisation
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and War
Minor: Child death and Slavery
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcoholism and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, and Stalking
The Importance of a Tidy Home
Return to Bear Creek Lodge
Cold
Löly Sow-ma
The Lord of Misrule
An overall good mix of tongue-in-cheek, strange, and creepy stories. There were just a couple I didn’t quite “get.”
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The “does she like me?” did grate on me after a while.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Death and Infidelity