Please note this is a DNF review, and the star rating is based on general impressions of the book and the bits I did read.

This was a bit more scientific than I thought it would be. It's still accessible and doesn't quote figures everywhere, but it's also definitely not the casual nonfiction book I thought it would be. I also didn't pay as much attention to the subtitle as I should have and thought this would have covered a wider range of nature and animals, but it does in fact just focus on the northeastern forests.

It would certainly be an interesting book to assign for a science or environmental class, and it might be more engaging for people who don't mind a textbook-like tone.

Much too scientific for me. As much as the title interested me, I found the book too cerebral and ultimately boring. Not enough to interest me in returning each day to read until the end.

A little dry for what I was expecting from the title, but interesting

Oh, this was far more technical than I'd thought it would be. This is an entire ecological look at the North Woods and it's whole history. I browsed the book, more than read it cover to cover. I am sure there is someone out there who will thrill to the story., it is very well researched and concise...but for myself, too much. Not saying it isn't fascinating- it is. And I did enjoy what I read, but , too much for me. I'll continue to browse it.