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A review by szeglin
Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate: Exotic and Unseen Costa Rica by Daniel Quinn, Jack Ewing
4.0
This collection of essays is a fascinating look at Costa Rica's environment and its inhabitants. I read this in preparation for a trip to Costa Rica in a couple of months, and reading this made me even more excited to go (if somewhat more wary of the terciopelo). I was especially enthralled with the essays that had introductory paragraphs that Ewing wrote from the point of view of animals. I think he did a good job of explaining the world how they must see it, without unnecessary anthropomorphization.
The essays mostly have a strong conservationist/environmentalist message, which I do agree with--but I feel the author is a touch heavy-handed with it sometimes. This can be overlooked, as the book is a collection of essays that were originally published elsewhere. I think that the essays are better read one at a time, rather than in one chunk.
The essays mostly have a strong conservationist/environmentalist message, which I do agree with--but I feel the author is a touch heavy-handed with it sometimes. This can be overlooked, as the book is a collection of essays that were originally published elsewhere. I think that the essays are better read one at a time, rather than in one chunk.