Fascinating and lyrical essays that explore the author's relationship with nature. Really pretty. I would love to dive more into their work. Not something I would recommend to everyone, but I'm glad I found this gem. For fans of Olivia Laing.

Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene is a series of essays that invite the reader to contemplate living in the Anthropocene. Cleverly written and drawn from life experiences and research, the essays can be read again and again.
I have not read many books in this genre, this one was definitely an excellent introduction.

When I first started reading this book I didn’t know what to expect and I was initially disappointed. The first essay takes a very depressing view of life and appears to view everything through a fatalistic lens, with virtually no optimism. I wondered how on Earth I was going to finish the rest of the book.

However, subsequent essays were a much more pleasant read and the tone and mood picked up, although there is a somewhat downbeat undertone overall. The book is very beautifully written yet easy to read and understand. If you enjoy books of essays that make you think and enable you to see the world from a different perspective to your own, I would recommend this book.

With thanks to Netgalley and Book*hug press for providing an advance review copy. All opinions are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Book hug press for letting me see this book and provide you with an honest review. This book is a series of essays. It explores modern-day life, living in the Anthropocene. It is part natural history and part memoir. It lyrically explores the author's life and their relationship with nature. If you like Helen Macdonald and Olivia Laing, then you will like this. I highly recommend this book.

A moving book of essays that felt at once personal and communal, examining timely topics with thoughtfulness, attention and care. I will refer to it again and again.

I enjoyed the authors writing style in this book. I enjoyed the multiple essay perspectives on the Anthropocene and questions we are facing about it. Overall it was an informative and I look forward to reading more of her work.

A wonderful collection of personal essays on the environment, anthropocene, personal illness and reckoning with the world beyond our narrow scope of selves. Highly recommended for anyone in search of meaning beyond the current situation.