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mfeezell's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Some scientists write "informal" books about science in the hopes of sharing their knowledge to a wider audience, but only manage to prove that they haven't spoken to a regular person about these topics in years. Moore so clearly does not have that problem. This book is one of the best books I've read that was written by a scientist about their discipline. Moore is fantastic at presenting scientific concepts in an easily digestible and understandable manner, without patronizing his audience. He also manages to see the big picture far better than most scientists, relating the struggles of the North Atlantic Right Whale to indigenous rights, capitalism, climate change, and humanity as a whole.
fretem22's review against another edition
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informative
slow-paced
2.75
The content was very interesting. Sometimes the book felt a little redundant and I had a hard time following the story line at times. Most of the book focuses around his research and there is less on the mitigation and prevention than I would have expected.
eehugus89's review
adventurous
challenging
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hopeful
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inspiring
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tense
medium-paced
5.0
intertidalkendy's review
4.0
Really loved this book but in parts it got a little dull and I repeatedly became unengaged with it. Absolutely worth it for the conservation messaging & educational content, but it did knock it down a star for me. I still fully recommend everyone to read it
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