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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson
7 reviews
sunburntghost's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
isabella_reads's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexism
marionlundqvist's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Death of parent
saturdayslaughter's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
I liked it, but I did find it very annoying at times. It’s slow and philosophical and half an autobiography and I wasn’t prepared for that, so at some point it started really getting on my nerves. I just wanted to learn about eels! Also some of the rambling minor questions in the philosophy bits are just, silly? Or at least I disagreed. I wish it had been faster paced, but I did find it interesting again and the ending was compelling.
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I have continually downgraded this book’s rating because of the hatred in my heart for it. I am always surprised at how mild and nice my written review was when I read it. This book has left an impression on me, but all it is is anger. I can safely say I hate this book. I will try to restrain myself from putting it under 2 stars, as I did think it was passable at the time.
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I have continually downgraded this book’s rating because of the hatred in my heart for it. I am always surprised at how mild and nice my written review was when I read it. This book has left an impression on me, but all it is is anger. I can safely say I hate this book. I will try to restrain myself from putting it under 2 stars, as I did think it was passable at the time.
Moderate: Death
mscalls's review against another edition
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent
sokkaspoon's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexism
ehmannky's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Huh. Eels are real weird. That was takeaway #1. Takeaway #2, I have gone from having literally no opinions about eels to wanting desperately for them to survive beyond humans. They're just so alien and wonderfully aloof. I also loved the interweaving of Svensson's personal narrative throughout the piece. I honestly can say that without his personal memoir built around eels, I would not have been nearly as invested in these truly weird creatures that live so far from the desert I live in. A really interesting science read that crosses over to memoirs.
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death
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