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I need to start my review with an apology to Gilbert. I judged her based on the movie and concept of Eat, Pray, Love and that wasn't fair. She's a good writer.

The first few pages of this book were so strong and funny, I knew it wouldn't hold up but I felt ashamed of my prior judgement.

This tells the story of Alma Whitaker a fictional botanist in the 1800's. Alma felt so genuine. You just wanted all good things for her, but how she dealt with her disappointments made her all the more endearing.

Good characters, solid story, good detail (if a little mind-numbing ... I mean, moss, yawn ... ) nice creation of time and place and a cool nod to Darwin.

Enjoyable (and well done audio!)

I loved the audio of this book.

Nicole D. wrote: "I need to start my review with an apology to Gilbert. I judged her based on the movie and concept of Eat, Pray, Love and that wasn't fair. She's a good writer.

The first few pages of this book we..."

I liked this book and even enjoyed finding out about moss.

I adored this book.

Booknblues wrote: "Nicole D. wrote: "I need to start my review with an apology to Gilbert. I judged her based on the movie and concept of Eat, Pray, Love and that wasn't fair. She's a good writer.

The first few pag..."

I didn't even finish EPL and I wasn't going to read this, but Anita did encourage me to read it and I ended up loving it, with a few complaints but overall thought it was very, very good. I didn't mind learning about moss, I found it very interesting.

I loved the beginning of the book, but then it didn’t sustain my interest through the end.