Pandora's Garden - Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology (Paperback)

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"My review" by Tanya K. - 3 October 2018

I have mixed feelings about this book. The writing is beautiful. The author definately knows how to write. However, the combination of essay/ nature writing (minimal science involved)/ anecdotes/ personal stories doesn't really work for me. The parts that included nature were simply too superficial and the rest was too autobiographical. The author seemed to focus on stories highlighting how horrible, ignorant and misguided people are. Whole chapters were dedicated to the author's reminiscences, everything from Godzilla to baseball. Each chapter covers a separate topic that is vaguely tied together under ecological misfits. Each chapter reads like a magazine article or essay (which some of them appear to have started out as). Very little of the ecological information was new to me, so I got a bit bored reading superficial personal stories. If you like depressing memoirs with a touch of haphazard nature, you might like this book. If you were expecting something of substance in terms of ecology or animal life, you won't find it in this book. WARNING: Book contains descriptions of animal cruelty. NOTE: I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. This review is my honest opinion of the book.