I Disliked This Book: Overly Emotional and Occasionally Irrational
UnearthedI expected to like this book, but I did not. I found the author's extreme self-consciousness and anxiety disturbing and felt that she should avoid social media altogether since it seems to translate these into irrational aggression. Although parts of the book, particularly Mauritius's history, were certainly interesting, and I feel she has a few strong points, she pushes them too hard, too often, and sometimes, from an uninformed perspective. I feel sorry for her personal trauma. I worry about her anxiety and self-image issues, and though I sympathize with her views in places, I find her far too absolutist and not always rational, given the context: gardening.
