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sammish's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
daisy_angel75's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
djthedj's review
3.0
I enjoy my non-fiction told through ethnographies, anecdotes and narratives. It lets me put data and scientific conclusions into context and embues them with an emotionality that strict data doesn’t give me. Very likely because I lack enough statistical and mathematical aptitude to really feel what numbers are saying. But on to the actual book, it was an enjoyable if not grim read about the ramifications of encroaching heat on us, plants and animals, and how some societies are reacting in some ways not reacting. There’s no real call to action here at all. It’d be a good introductory read for anyone wanting to get more knowledge about climate change. If you’re already well-versed or read, this might get repetitive fast and a little boring. The writer is a journalist and has a wonderful way of painting images with his words. With that said, he said that some of the chapters were repurposed articles and I felt that. The book as a whole felt like a collection of articles but in hindsight, is that not all non fiction in a way? I wonder.