I'm unimpressed. I've only just arrived to chapter four, but I'm having to constantly force myself to continue reading these never-ending chapters. Maybe it's because I'm a suburbs girl that avoids nature like the plague, but I just don't understand Kurt Timmermeister's decisions. He had two successful, stable businesses that brought him a substantial amount of income; then, he had a sudden desire to pursue farming. His naiveté in the beginning of the book immediately irks me. As someone who likes planning and is rarely impulsive, his sudden urge to buy a large four acre plot of land without any idea of how to upkeep or use the acreage rubs me the wrong way. Timmermeister's rash and unnecessary choices remind me of the ill fated Christopher McCandles from Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer whose own poor judgement led to his demise. Timmermeister's story seems to have a different ending based on his Kurtwood Farms website, but that doesn't dissuade my opinions as of yet.
Stylewise, I have to admit that the way Timmermeister writes is very natural. It flows and is relatively easy to read. There's little jargon and I can imagine that he speaks very similar to how he writes. However, in some areas he rambles. It's at these overly descriptive times that my attention drifts to something completely different. When I reach the end, I know that I've read a large portion of the page yet have already forgotten what he was going on about. This situation could very well be that my interest dwindles regarding the subject causing me to zone out. But his constant overly descriptive nature bores me more than I'd like to admit.
Hopefully, my opinion will improve as I continue to read, but I'm not counting on it.
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