A review by morningtide
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful by Amy Stewart

informative medium-paced

4.75

This book was a deep dive into something I had never thought about and don't think I really would have thought about thinking about. It was actually more immersive than I expected it to be as a nonfiction book. After reading a few books about species and natural selection, etc, it was interesting to read about plants that have basically been 100% shaped by the involvement of people. Pretty much all the history and information in here was new and interesting to me, and I won't look at cut flowers the same as I used to.

Stewart did a great job of tying the histories together in a way that made the industry and it's growth feel very understandable.  I can't say I wasn't gonna read a book about earthworms otherwise (I'm pretty sure I've actually seen mentions of The Earth Moved and felt intrigued) but this author made me want to read more of her work.