MixedThe GuardianHe [Wohlleben] has a conversational writing style, which is comparable to that of the chatty and accessible ecstatic saint, Teresa of Avila... Wohlleben presents short chapters in bite-sized portions, so the reader has a constant sense of learning something new almost with every page, and he employs this same model with The Inner Life of Animals ...formula is provably winning ...felt I was on a robust learning curve as subjects as diverse as motherly love, gratitude, deception, desire, shame and knowledge of good and evil were explored one by one. Many of his stories are fascinating ...there is also a slight 'two-book deal' feel here, and the manner in which Wohlleben attributes human feelings and morality to animals is spurious ...a lot of anecdote, not quite enough scientific rigour, and one too many references to YouTube for The Inner Life of Animals to be entirely satisfying.
