nohadon's review against another edition
The book has a fascinating premise, but I just could not get into it
whitwein's review against another edition
I was looking for a book about mushrooms and the first hour and half is all about the author unlearning human exceptionalism and just repeated himself SO MUCH.
babayagaschickenlegs's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.25
teetering between 4 and 4.5 stars 🤷♀️
i love anti-anthropocentrism! 👏✨🍄
i’ll say i did like the first section of the book, a general look at fungi, a bit better than the second, which dives into matsutake specifically. it almost felt like two different books, and i was definitely skimming toward the end, but overall i enjoyed it nonetheless. this book would definitely be interesting in conversation with theory about the Human/Man (i.e., Sylvia Wynter)
i love anti-anthropocentrism! 👏✨🍄
i’ll say i did like the first section of the book, a general look at fungi, a bit better than the second, which dives into matsutake specifically. it almost felt like two different books, and i was definitely skimming toward the end, but overall i enjoyed it nonetheless. this book would definitely be interesting in conversation with theory about the Human/Man (i.e., Sylvia Wynter)
lene_kretzsch's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0