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A review by betherinahq
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I think this is a case of a book not meeting expectations rather than it not being a good book.
Like many people, I thoroughly enjoyed her book Wintering which was part memoir, part nature writing and part personal growth self helps type stuff. So with a title that seemed similar - a magical sounding word and a tagline that seems to offer solutions to feeling frazzled - I was expecting more of the same.
What I got however was a somewhat fragmented selection of personal experiences that often gave me “I’m not like other girls” vibes and no seemingly practical advice on how to de-frazzle.
That said, I really like Katherine May’s writing style and I like how personal she is. I just with the publisher/editor would have change the title to fit what this book is rather than try to shoehorn in a follow up to Wintering.
I’ve sort of put the book down at the end feeling dissatisfied, frustrated and scratching my head at what the point in this book actually was.
Like many people, I thoroughly enjoyed her book Wintering which was part memoir, part nature writing and part personal growth self helps type stuff. So with a title that seemed similar - a magical sounding word and a tagline that seems to offer solutions to feeling frazzled - I was expecting more of the same.
What I got however was a somewhat fragmented selection of personal experiences that often gave me “I’m not like other girls” vibes and no seemingly practical advice on how to de-frazzle.
That said, I really like Katherine May’s writing style and I like how personal she is. I just with the publisher/editor would have change the title to fit what this book is rather than try to shoehorn in a follow up to Wintering.
I’ve sort of put the book down at the end feeling dissatisfied, frustrated and scratching my head at what the point in this book actually was.