absinthe's Reviews (391)

emotional reflective slow-paced
emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted so badly for this to be a story set at a school and focused on learning what feels like a magic system of sorts alongside our main character. I was pretty disappointed as this wasn't the case and how so much information was stolen, not learned. 

Not necessarily a bad book, but perhaps the marketing/blurb were misleading. 
challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities

Amy Stewart

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

I got the sense that this would be a super long listicle, not an essay collection delving into a handful of interesting plant histories. Not for me.