subject matter not the most fun - book club was hoping for something sort of pleasant after reading the handful of books we read where humans cut down all the trees and destroy the earth. I much prefer the lessons from Braiding Sweetgrass - can we strive to live WITH the Earth instead of assuming that the salvation for the planet lies in humans being gone?
gave it a 7/10 back in July but I want to give it a 5 in my memory.
had issues with his representations of indigenous cultures and generalization of "Africa" as a monolith.