Read April 2021 - Zoom Reading Circle
Okay, so who knew this book would be like ecology porn?? How very strange! I'll admit I was a bit startled by how much sex was in this book - I did not expect that! I suppose it was partly making a point about how all species are basically the same - procreate, eat, survive, die. I kept at this book even though in other circumstances I probably would have stopped. I also disliked most of the characters. However, by about ⅔ through I was more into the stories and interested in outcomes. By the end of the book I even sort of enjoyed the story and liked the characters a bit more. But I still had several 'ewwww' moments (like Lusa and her nephew???). Overall it was an interesting book - and it has left an impression on me about living things - cycles, interconnectedness, predators, etc. It was just kind of a strange book.
Quote from the book...
Everything alive is connected to every other thing by fine, invisible threads. Things you don't see can help you plenty, and things you try to control will often rear back and bite you, and that's the moral of the story.
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