A Plant Nerd Reads

I really wanted to like this book more, but the excessive anthropomorphism and pseudoscience really bothered me to the point that I couldn't give more than two stars. There is a lot of good and interesting information in the book, despite that. I also think it could have been organised better and some of the language seemed a bit too silly for the topic. The author is clearly very passionate about nature, but that alone isn't enough for a topic like this.

This is a really pretty book with a lot of good information. However, the way it is organised is awkward and frustrating. One page will be in the middle of a sentence, then the next couple pages will be about something else entirely, then continue on where it left off. It makes no sense to make a book like that.

This book helped reinforce my feelings that that cutting contact with my abusive parents (one of three options after confrontation), and not forgiving since they aren't sorry/refuse to change/continue abuse, truly was the best and healthiest decision for me. It's hard to feel that way sometimes, when society shames those who don't honour their parents no matter what and insists forgiveness is the only option to move on.

After reading this book I realised that in the three and a half years since cutting contact, I made huge strides in detoxing from my parents. I used to be in denial and completely enmeshed with them. I'm making progress on my healing journey. This was helpful to me at this stage and I wish I would've read this book years ago.