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amyalicejakob's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
storyandthread_'s review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
thea_no_evil's review
3.0
‘Rootbound - Rewilding a life’ by Alice Vincent gets 3.5 stars from me. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I started this book as I hadn’t chosen it myself but was blessed to have had it passed onto me by the lovely Hannah who knows I have a lot of love for both books and plants.
It’s a combination of memoir and botanical history which may have some people switching off/closing the cover straight away but actually if they would bother to stick with it they could learn a lot about millennials and the things that drive and shape them, alongside the recent increase of people collecting indoor pot plants and how nature and green spaces offer so much good to both our physical and mental state.
I particularly liked some of her references and mentions of women who have impacted and influenced gardening and before reading this book I had never heard of New York’s High Line Garden on a disused railway line and London’s Bonnington Square Pleasure Gardens - both sound amazing and well worth a visit.
❤️
It’s a combination of memoir and botanical history which may have some people switching off/closing the cover straight away but actually if they would bother to stick with it they could learn a lot about millennials and the things that drive and shape them, alongside the recent increase of people collecting indoor pot plants and how nature and green spaces offer so much good to both our physical and mental state.
I particularly liked some of her references and mentions of women who have impacted and influenced gardening and before reading this book I had never heard of New York’s High Line Garden on a disused railway line and London’s Bonnington Square Pleasure Gardens - both sound amazing and well worth a visit.
❤️
chelsea_webster's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
3.5
emilybh's review against another edition
3.0
Maybe one of the reasons I kept finding solace in nature, kept finding myself drawn to things that grew in spite of the brick and the pavement, was because the plan here wasn't plain to see. It was an ancient, time-worn thing, encased in light and soil and mineral; something that would happen while we were busy with other, more and less complicated schemes.'
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Rootbound is a hopeful book about soil, plants and roots, but also wariness of change and relationships; both an honest account of a break-up, and the story of London's green spaces, their history and importance to people without gardens of their own. It's a book that interweaves the author's reflections on adulthood, and her own balcony garden, with an exploration of why many of us now find so much enjoyment in house plants, glass houses and flower markets. I really enjoyed it - 3.5 stars.
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Rootbound is a hopeful book about soil, plants and roots, but also wariness of change and relationships; both an honest account of a break-up, and the story of London's green spaces, their history and importance to people without gardens of their own. It's a book that interweaves the author's reflections on adulthood, and her own balcony garden, with an exploration of why many of us now find so much enjoyment in house plants, glass houses and flower markets. I really enjoyed it - 3.5 stars.
what_will_jess_read_next's review against another edition
3.0
Alice Vincent has created a book that is not just a memoir of a broken-hearted millennial, but a history lesson in certain plants and green spaces. While it’s a book about love lost and gained, and an appreciation for the healing powers of nature, there is also great love in the way that Vincent writes about London.
Her writing is poetic. Her personal story is what really drew me in.
I found some of the anecdotes about plants and gardening quite disjointed.
Perhaps “Rootbound” is a slow book, one to be read over time, savoured page by page. Thought deeply about. There was beauty in this book, however I struggled with the segues and craved more of Vincent’s story.
Her writing is poetic. Her personal story is what really drew me in.
I found some of the anecdotes about plants and gardening quite disjointed.
Perhaps “Rootbound” is a slow book, one to be read over time, savoured page by page. Thought deeply about. There was beauty in this book, however I struggled with the segues and craved more of Vincent’s story.
muccycloud's review against another edition
3.0
This book had a really weird effect on me, I could only read it in a bad mood. If I was in a good mood it would annoy me and I couldn't read more than a paragraph or two but if I felt kinda shitty? Felt like a welcome release. Very weird.
I really enjoyed the bits about the plants, histories of gardens, and the connections of life stages to various plants but some of the book I kind of just wanted to get through and finish.
I really enjoyed the bits about the plants, histories of gardens, and the connections of life stages to various plants but some of the book I kind of just wanted to get through and finish.
meganmagicmusings's review against another edition
Burned out on audiobooks. Will revisit with a physical copy.
vanillanightmare's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Loved this, exactly the book I needed to read as I approach my mid twenties.
nellsmith's review
3.0
Wish there’d been more of the historical botanical facts and less about the author’s life. Found it a bit dull I’m afraid and ended up skimming quite a bit.