Reviews round-up
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad
by Simon Parkin
2 of 2 critics positive
5 reviews: 1 rave, 1 positive; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“is a history book as gripping as a thriller”
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad is a history book as gripping as a thriller
Positive
Read the review ↗“How besieged wartime scientists responded to a terrible dilemma”
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad by Simon Parkin review – the botanists who defied Hitler
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad tells a horticultural history of a city under siege by Nazi forces
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity”
The Scientists Who Hoarded Seeds Even as They Were Starving (Published 2024)
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
