Absolutely obsessed with this book! The writing was evocative, informative, and totally expansive. I come away from this book with so many new ideas and thoughts. I thought Schlanger did a phenomenal job of outlining ideas that seem kind of outlandish at first glance and making these ideas accessible and something to stew on. I especially appreciated how she showed how the foundations of science, if flawed or just a piece of the whole, can create a snowball effect of misunderstanding or “blindness” to other ways of knowing, which renders ideas of intelligent plant life beyond our grasp. I think reading this in tandem with Braiding Sweetgrass would also be super effective just to provide another layer of understanding and interesting questions about our assumptions about plants. Cannot recommend this one enough, I listened to a library copy but might need to buy a copy for myself!