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A review by abi_sarah
Rootbound: Rewilding a Life by Alice Vincent
3.0
Started off well with an insight into plants and gardening and how it is beneficial for mental health. I found it validating that I was not alone in truly enjoying gardening and using it as a method of grounding myself. As the author talked about specific plants, naming them and their features, I found it really interesting and was pleased to find that I knew a lot of the plants that she was talking about.
Later on in the book, she focusses less on plants and more on her experiences - it became much more of a memoir. I did enjoy reading it but I just wasn’t gripped. I didn’t find myself wanting to pick up the book because I wanted to read it. I ended up picking it up for the curiosity of the next development in this person’s story but mainly because I wanted to finish the book so that I could move on to something else.
I think my perception of this book was slightly off since I have never lived in London, there were lots of references to places and senses experience on a commute, for example, which I couldn’t really relate to.
Having just read Katherine Ryan’s autobiography, I wonder if my view of this book was tainted as a result, and maybe I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would if I hadn’t read it along with other memoirs during Non-Fiction November.
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Later on in the book, she focusses less on plants and more on her experiences - it became much more of a memoir. I did enjoy reading it but I just wasn’t gripped. I didn’t find myself wanting to pick up the book because I wanted to read it. I ended up picking it up for the curiosity of the next development in this person’s story but mainly because I wanted to finish the book so that I could move on to something else.
I think my perception of this book was slightly off since I have never lived in London, there were lots of references to places and senses experience on a commute, for example, which I couldn’t really relate to.
Having just read Katherine Ryan’s autobiography, I wonder if my view of this book was tainted as a result, and maybe I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would if I hadn’t read it along with other memoirs during Non-Fiction November.
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