Ida’s Reviews > Lab Girl: A Memoir > Status Update

I will say this; you will never look at a tree the same way again.

Too descriptive can be a thing. Really struggled with this 1:7 and 1:8 and had to re-read several paragraphs. Even now I still don’t know if I understood it 100%. Still enjoying it though, especially the parts about her anxiety and how even at the then-highest point in her life she felt incredibly lonely. Can absolutely understand where she’s coming from.

‘Hope against hope’ count: 3

I’m trying to read books that are more meaningful to me this year, after the drought that was 2025. This message serves as a way to keep me on track. I started Lab Girl around November after spotting it at my uni’s library, and while I only read 10 or so pages every time I came to visit family, I liked it enough to pick up my own copy. Let’s see where it leads.