xuwriter's review
5.0
The world that Dersu inhabited is gone now, unfortunately, as is his incredible skill at reading the natural environment. By reading Arsenyev's sensitive account of his friend and mentor, you can experience it for a little while, however. An incredibly interesting and well-written of a native of the formidable Taiga forest.
I listened to the free audiobook on Archive dot org. The narrator was fine - a little monotone but I suppose you don't really want the narrator to be obtrusive in any way, and in that case the narrator succeeded.
I listened to the free audiobook on Archive dot org. The narrator was fine - a little monotone but I suppose you don't really want the narrator to be obtrusive in any way, and in that case the narrator succeeded.
brynhammond's review
4.0
I want to note the unobtrusive personality of the Russian officer, who tells us about the Gold he so admires and not about himself. He expresses freely that he feels like a child in Dersu's hands whenever the taiga turns frightening. He learns from him like a child, too, as Dersu laments the onset of the end for the taiga as she was. Expect to be saddened, but you're with a likeable guy who cares about what he sees and hasn't a macho bone in his body.
More by luck than judgement I read this alongside [b:A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990|1229687|A History of the Peoples of Siberia Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990|James Forsyth|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348727785s/1229687.jpg|1218238], and that proved interesting.
More by luck than judgement I read this alongside [b:A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990|1229687|A History of the Peoples of Siberia Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990|James Forsyth|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348727785s/1229687.jpg|1218238], and that proved interesting.
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