Reviews

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

laurenrae_b's review

challenging informative sad

5.0

ainsley's review against another edition

4.5

Really great look at the ways the heat on a warming planet fucks with everything about how life on the planet works.

kairayvision's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

corrigan's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

adelheid's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

pwrpffgrrrl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

writinwater's review

informative sad medium-paced

3.75

cpoole's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow, what a terrific but terrifying read. This are hot and only getting hotter. Yes the heat will kill humans but of course those on the fringes first. It’s also going to ruin our systems, notably our food supply. The global south will suffer first, and of course sea waters are rising and wildfires are happening much more often. Can we change in time? Will we? I’m sad, but this is a great book.

brigitte's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

I have a new healthy fear of and respect for hyperthermia. Also heat. Gonna be a figure in my work going forward. 

middleearthnerd's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0