*Thank you to Netgalley, Pegasus Books, and John Fowler for giving me this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review*

Hello Fellow Readers,

When I saw this book available for review at Netgalley I almost jumped for joy. I love Dian Fossey and her mountain gorillas, plus I have been needing a Non-Fiction read so it was a win-win situation. I knew going into this that Fossey would night be pictured in the best light, but the way Fowler wrote made me picture him in a negative light. He came off as this needy, whiney, selfish and naive student who wanted Fossey to dote on him. I didn't care that he bashed Fossey as a person (and some of her accomplishments) but it was the way he did it that made him come off in a bad light.

I did like the inside scoop he gave about the camp and I love that he focused on other members of the camp as well and not just Fossey and the Gorillas. Despite not liking Fowler, I enjoyed the story he was telling and I did not want to stop reading. Kudos to him on making me do that, because usually if I dislike a main character in the book, it makes the story hard to read for me. Overall, amazing book especially if you like Dian Fossey, Primates or non-fiction! ( )

This is an incredible book! As an animal lover, I have been intrigued by gorillas and monkeys since childhood. I purchased A Forest in the Clouds by John Fowler with very little knowledge of the story that it held; and what an amazing story it is.

On December 27, 1985, Dian Fossey was found brutally murdered in her mountain home at the Karisoke research center. I was familiar with her legacy of saving the mountain gorillas in Africa, but that was all I knew until I read this book. In 1979, college student, John Fowler, applied for a student research position to work with Dian Fossey at the Karisoke research center. He and three other students arrived in January 1980 to begin living and working among the mountain gorillas in very sparse conditions and with the unexpected, difficult traits of the infamous Dian Fossey.

Immediately upon meeting Dian, Fowler was shocked at how rude, disrespectful, and verbally abusive Dian was towards others without knowing them. Fowler was instantly treated by Fossey as though she didn’t like him and quickly determined it was better for him if his communications with Dian were kept to a minimum. Fowler shares many accounts of Fossey’s bizarre, erratic...

I have more photos, a movie trailer for Gorillas in the Mist, and additional information about the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below.
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*Thank you to Netgalley, Pegasus Books, and John Fowler for giving me this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review*

Hello Fellow Readers,

When I saw this book available for review at Netgalley I almost jumped for joy. I love Dian Fossey and her mountain gorillas, plus I have been needing a Non-Fiction read so it was a win-win situation. I knew going into this that Fossey would night be pictured in the best light, but the way Fowler wrote made me picture him in a negative light. He came off as this needy, whiney, selfish and naive student who wanted Fossey to dote on him. I didn't care that he bashed Fossey as a person (and some of her accomplishments) but it was the way he did it that made him come off in a bad light.

I did like the inside scoop he gave about the camp and I love that he focused on other members of the camp as well and not just Fossey and the Gorillas. Despite not liking Fowler, I enjoyed the story he was telling and I did not want to stop reading. Kudos to him on making me do that, because usually if I dislike a main character in the book, it makes the story hard to read for me. Overall, amazing book especially if you like Dian Fossey, Primates or non-fiction! ( )

NF, Adult ( )