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Title: Very disappointing
Review: I had high expectations, after reading his other books. But while this book works hard at being "deep", it doesn't look like Pollan has any real depth in the area of gardening. The book is not giving me any insights into gardening, but I am getting insights into Mr. Pollan, and it's sadly not enjoyable.In Omnivore's Dilemna, in the section describing the pig meal, there's some of the this same quality that bothers me so much in this book. It's a smug, self-congratulatory tone, while he doesn't appear to be even concious of all the things he's doing, nor seeing any contraditions. And in both that section of Omnivore's Dilemna, and in several of the essays in this book, the conclusions he draws are flawed, since he's not observing his own actions as thoughfully as he observes the rest of the world.I suppose the writing is nice, though.
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