Title: Interesting concept and story, poor English reading
Product review: This book has a very interesting concept that will appeal to those who like thinking of nature as a singular whole. Moreover, it is an interesting quasi-scientific introduction to one of entomology's most interesting members. However as other reviewers have mentioned, this English translation is lacking.I rented a copy from my local library and could not finish it, unable to get beyond the stilted translation of what could have possibly been a more elegant French text. If you are prepared to navigate a bungled use of English idioms, unbelievable character dialogue, and completely earnest sentences like: "[the ants] fired, propelling jets of hyper-concentrated formic acid with all the might of their sphincters" then you might enjoy this fanciful book. Otherwise, I would encourage you to spend your time with other literature.
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