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nannerl's review against another edition
2.0
Spoiler: this book (literally) smacked me in the head
You know, this book could have been amazing if it was marketed correctly. I don't know what I was expecting and, as it tells you not to proceed unless you have completed the activities, I was ready to be surprised. But this is everything but a book you need to complete. It's a guide to exploring nature at best. Which is not a bad thing... but not what I was promised.
I was going to give it three stars, then remembered that it quite literally physically hurt me. When I was still trying to do the activities, it suggested to do everyday activites with your eyes closed. I was like, why not? I went to get a sweater in the closet, I reached out with my hands and figured that the closet door was closed. It wasn't, I just had one arm one each side of it. I walked straight into it and banged by head. Is it my fault? Yes, but imagine telling people why I had this massive bruise on my forehead.
You know, this book could have been amazing if it was marketed correctly. I don't know what I was expecting and, as it tells you not to proceed unless you have completed the activities, I was ready to be surprised. But this is everything but a book you need to complete. It's a guide to exploring nature at best. Which is not a bad thing... but not what I was promised.
I was going to give it three stars, then remembered that it quite literally physically hurt me. When I was still trying to do the activities, it suggested to do everyday activites with your eyes closed. I was like, why not? I went to get a sweater in the closet, I reached out with my hands and figured that the closet door was closed. It wasn't, I just had one arm one each side of it. I walked straight into it and banged by head. Is it my fault? Yes, but imagine telling people why I had this massive bruise on my forehead.
osheanik's review against another edition
2.0
روح الاستكشاف إما موجودة أو مفقودة. إذا كنت تفكر أن تشتري هذا الكتاب لتهديه لطفل أو بالغ، وفر على نفسك و ابحث عن هواية geocaching أو هواية urbex / الاستكشاف المدني.
خذ رحلة. إذهب في نزهة، إفعل أي شيء مختلف اليوم و ستكون أنجزت ما يريده منك هذا الكتاب دون أن تمل.
المشكلة باختصار: كتاب عن الاستكشاف و الابداع يجبرك على اتباع تسلسل الصفحات و ينتهي بسيناريو ممل و متوقع. فيه أنشطة جيدة لكن أنت و حظك إذا بقيت مستيقظًا بعد ملل تمارين تشفير المبتدئين. أفضل شيء في الكتاب قائمة الكتب المنصوح بها في النهاية
(Trees of North America by Brockman and Marrilees, Tom Brown's Field Guide to Living with the Earth, Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Young, Haas and McGown, Mountaineering Essays by Muir, Tracking and Trailing by Thompson, and the Norton Book of Nature Writing.)
ربما كان ليعجبني لو كنت أصغر؟
لا أنصح به.
خذ رحلة. إذهب في نزهة، إفعل أي شيء مختلف اليوم و ستكون أنجزت ما يريده منك هذا الكتاب دون أن تمل.
المشكلة باختصار: كتاب عن الاستكشاف و الابداع يجبرك على اتباع تسلسل الصفحات و ينتهي بسيناريو ممل و متوقع. فيه أنشطة جيدة لكن أنت و حظك إذا بقيت مستيقظًا بعد ملل تمارين تشفير المبتدئين. أفضل شيء في الكتاب قائمة الكتب المنصوح بها في النهاية
(Trees of North America by Brockman and Marrilees, Tom Brown's Field Guide to Living with the Earth, Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Young, Haas and McGown, Mountaineering Essays by Muir, Tracking and Trailing by Thompson, and the Norton Book of Nature Writing.)
ربما كان ليعجبني لو كنت أصغر؟
لا أنصح به.
ciggy's review against another edition
1.0
I randomly found this book while I was at Barnes & Noble and immediately got excited. I thought I had found a unique and fun interactive book. As most people would be I considered skipping to the end of the book and seeing what the surprise was, but instead decided to buy it and do it right. I should have just skipped to the end. The books builds you up for a mystery that isn't there, in the end it just promotes tree hugging and making a fort in the woods. Sure I see the goal in maybe tryng to bring the reader back to their childhood and imagination, but I think it was utterly lacking.
anna_99l's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
2.0
This book has a promising premise: drawing the reader in through a mystery. However, the reveal of the instruction manual is less than exciting and does not draw you in further. I did finish the book however, many of the activities required too much effort to complete. I did not feel write littering (leaving a note in a tree) or drawing faces on things in a park so I was left to do this at home. Also, if you want to complete a book on your own, this is not the book for you as it makes you interview others and entertain the prospect of sharing you 'secret club' with others. I wish it has more decoding activities, that the secret society was more interesting, and that the activities involved were more thought out and linked to the rest of the book. For example, it required you to gather a notebook, though this was unnecessary as you could take notes in the book itself. It also made you post photos of yourself in disguise which can make you feel ridiculous and is a waste of the material it takes to print the photos. I did like the decoding though.
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