The Intimate Ape : Orangutans and the Secret Life of a Vanishing Species (Paperback)

from labfs39

Disappointingly, this is not a book about orangutans, but a book about the people who study orangutans. The author, although passionate about his subject, is not a scientist or even a particularly good observer of apes on his travels. Instead, he travels the world to talk to the people who do or ...

from chopper481

Like many others before me, I was disappointed with this book. I was hoping, as an animal fanatic, to be able to learn more about a species that I have not deeply looked into than I did. I normally don't read nonfiction, however, so my review may not "count" as much as others'. I already knew abo...

from satyridae

I wish GoodReads had an "abandoned" button. Or in this case, a "hurled into the corner at speed for being entirely unreadable" button. I found the author's style so annoying, clunky and fragmented that I gave up very early on. There may indeed be something of worth here, but I haven't the forti...

from biblioholic29

'I need to see the Orangutans!' The entire time I was reading this book, I couldn't help thinking about the story my mother tells of taking her then 2 or 3-year-old nephew to the zoo, where his constant refrain was 'I need to see the Orangutans!' It's a sentiment many of the people featured in Th...