Borrowed on the overdrive app from the library, but can not resist adding this to my library collection to share for years to come. His explanations & amazing revelations of trees and communication are foot-noted.

Over 60% of the city’s trees are either gone or dying and require removal. The undertaking to plant more is enormous to begin developing a new canopy over many many years. The author describes how the tree chooses for equal distribution of resources e...  Read More

Book is written in a slangy way as if for midddle-schoolers. Author spews ridiculous claims with no scientific backing. The author uses endnotes, but 1) his endnotes often site '.

It reminds me of the well-intentioned, but factually incorrect, fake memes shared by my mom online. It is not easy to read due to the syntax. The organization of the book is rather poor.

Wohlleben anthropomorphizes, and, contrarily, he denies such. He makes broad pronouncements based on the apparently paltry number of tree species in his forest.

He doesn't grapple with the larger issue of how to reduce the import of potentially invasive species. all the nature-lovers' hyping of the inanimate by insisting it's key to saving the planet is underdiscussed.