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guinness74's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Solnit's writing is deep, inspiring, and encouraging. It's been easy, over the last decade or so, when these essays were written, to say that things are hopeless or impossible. Most of that coincided with a Trump presidency, the spectre of which looms ungracefully in the near future once again. Solnit is not a Trump fan, nor am I, but it is refreshing to see that there's something beyond the existential dread that pervades within that idea: the proverbial silver lining, if you will. And Solnit is not puffery or light reading by any stretch. I'm a fairly intelligent person and I found myself going back over paragraphs to understand what it was that she was conveying.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence and Police brutality
norasteinkopf's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Immediately had chills when I started reading and almost all throughout the book. Solnit finds ways of phrasing things that makes me think differently about everything, and it feels like my brain is being remoulded in a gentle way. Can’t wait to read her other work, I’m so happy to have discovered her writing and to be able to collect and read as many of her books as possible!
mirandahems's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
feminist essays with food for thought on the current(ish) state of the US
jwinchell's review
5.0
Rebecca Solnit is a balm for my weary soul. I feel so much better about the world- still horrified and outraged, but better.