A Place of My Own

I love Pollan's writing style. While I'll admit to feeling a bit tricked by the synopsis (spoiler: he doesn't build the place truly on his own), in the end, the book got me thinking about aspects of place and space that I rarely do.

I really wanted to like this book. I have spent time learning about cabins and love the premise. Sadly, I did not enjoy the writing very much and there was a lot more information about architecture than I expected (for better or worse).

I really enjoyed the idea of this book, probably because it's a dream of most men, to build their own private space. And I really like a lot of other Pollan's work. but this one just didn't click with me. It took me a really long time to finish, mainly because I'd only read a few pages at a time due to lack of interest.

It's a bit more self-involved than his other stuff, but still loaded with the interesting diversions and explorations of related side topics that Pollan is known for.