I thought "this will be a good book in the time of coronavirus. A jungle adventure discovering ancient ruins. That will take my mind off things!" Um . I thought "this will be a good book in the time of coronavirus. A jungle adventure discovering ancient ruins. That will take my mind off things!" Um ....
Turns out there's a lot of bad shit in the jungle. Hideously poisonous snakes, stalking panthers, and these little sand flies that bite you and give you Leishmaniasis. and terribly prevalent tropical parasitic disease. Fauci was quoted in this book. This book basically predicted the pandemic.
And also, there was the part about finding the ruins which was cool.
I was definitely interested in this topic, and I learned some things, but I definitely didn't get an overall sense of "The Sixth Extinction" - What's I was definitely interested in this topic, and I learned some things, but I definitely didn't get an overall sense of "The Sixth Extinction" - What's going to extinct, when, and to some degree how. In the end it sounded like quite everything is effed and humans/global warming is a big culprit.
This felt more like a book of articles strung together in a haphazard way. And DNA strings don't make for riveting listening. But, like most mishmash books, there were some super interesting parts and the author was at times entertaining. (Not a huge fan of this narrator though, she sounds like Morgan Fairchild.) ...more
This was a funky little book. I'm not sure what Nobel uses as their criteria and if this book was specifically awarded or just the author, but it was This was a funky little book. I'm not sure what Nobel uses as their criteria and if this book was specifically awarded or just the author, but it was ... funky! haha.
An old woman lives on a mountain on the Polish/Czech border. She's eccentric - to say the least. Her village is suddenly plagued by a rash of deaths, and she is convinced it's nature fighting back against man.
To me, this book wasn't about the story. It was about this character, and her inner monologue. I found it a bit philosophical. That's normally not my jam, but she was just quirky enough I was really engaged.
I felt pretty certain it was getting 5-stars for a lot of the book, but I didn't love the end.
Not sure I'd rush to read more of this author, but I'm glad I read it....more
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