It is very much something that I enjoyed.

Horrible horrible horrible

I wanted to love it. Transcendentalism sounds like a beautiful and peaceful idea. HDT is a self proclaimed philosopher, and I wanted him to draw insights about day to day experiences around Walden. This happens in the first chapter, but dies out as he goes into trivial tirades and mundane descriptions of his surroundings. The last 3/5 of the book I found incredibly hard to read. Not well organized. I imagine this book will find its best use after the nuclear fallout when kids think a pond and trees are fairy tales. For me however, I can make a fair bit of these notes from stepping outside instead of reading this book. Give it a try but keep expectations low

Got to really turn off all distractions to follow this book, but once you submerse yourself in it it is a very good read and amazing how we are still facing so many of the same problems today as we were in 1850.

I love to read but honestly, Thoreau is majorly overrated. I'm only reading it because the outdated American education system demands me to.

This isn't an easy read, but it's not friggin fight club. It's a classic, and a challenge, and it's worth it.

I completely agree with Donald and BunnieKiller. I love books and I enjoy reading things most people don't. But this book was the worst book I have ever read.

If this review let you put zero stars .........I would. I had to read this book for school and it was the worst book I ever read.

I had to read an excerpt for ap course work and I loved it so I had to get the book!

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