Holy Craparooney! what a cracking book. The first two books of 2020 have been amazing, it looks like it is going to be a good year of reading for me.

Whilst most people are looking around them or looking up at the stars, Macfarlane is looking down at the magical places underground. Whether that is a small cave under a tree or an underground lake system or even man made tunnels he manages to find something unique and poetic in each place.

I've always enjoyed exploring underground, since being a young kid and exploring caves at the beach on holiday and pot-holing as a scout to being at work and running cables under one of the buildings. I always jump at the chance to go and explore, hoping I don't get stuck with my ample gut :-) and whilst there the light has to be turned off for as long as I can stand it to experience the complete blackness.

There is something very special about Macfarlane's writing, every place he visits in this book has been treated well, he uses his words very carefully and is able to transport the reader there, I found his time under Paris terrifying, pretty sure this could traumatise some readers. One of the most interesting parts of the books was with the network that trees had created for themselves underground sharing nutrients and helping those in need....Nature has proven that social media can work, you just need to get rid of the humans.

A wonderful book and I've loved every page. I highly recommend this one.

Blog review: felcherman.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/underland-by-robert-macfarlane/