A review by wout
The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness by Mark Rowlands

5.0

After reading the book [b:Running with the Pack|16124502|Running with the Pack|Mark Rowlands|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1365425293l/16124502._SY75_.jpg|59536848], I was delighted to find that there was a book that dived even deeper in the bond between wolf and man. For me this is the best type of philosophy book, one that is interspersed with more light-hearted moments from the author's life, contrasted with constructive and deeper musings on the events in his or her life. I noticed that it took me a lot longer to get through the book, just because it took a while for the messages to sink in and understand them. Therefore, this is definitely a book that would not be better as an audiobook, because I think I would miss things because there's no time to mull them over. One thing that happened during the reading of this book, is that all the notes and highlights I took on my e-reader got deleted, due to me shuffling around some settings. This felt like a setback, one that temporarily makes you not want to be reminded of your mistake and discontinue reading the book. However, because I was so close to finishing it, it would have been silly not to. It made me think that the memories and lessons we gain from reading a book, if they are forgotten and we can no longer rely on our (digital) memory. Of course that is not the case, but it showed me how easily your brain delegates the task of remembering to a third party. Not sure if this topic is mentioned in the other book from this author about external memory, but it made me look forward to read that one as well!