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stories's review
Really needed a physical copy rather than audio to track.
Also, turns out I was Not ready to face the traumas of 2020; many of which I had successfully obliterated from front of mind.
Also, turns out I was Not ready to face the traumas of 2020; many of which I had successfully obliterated from front of mind.
frankie_s's review against another edition
5.0
It’s always hard to rate a compilation, but there wasn’t an essay I disliked. The editing and arrangement of essays was so well thought out, with adjacent essays responding to and in conversation with one another. Some repetition was inevitable, but I doubt it could have been better, unless some silenced voices were heard. Listened as an audiobook, but I will get a copy.
readingresa's review against another edition
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4.0
Great anthology of Australian writers, reflecting on 2020, how it impacted their lives, and what they learnt from it. I listened to the first third on audiobook and found it more captivating than reading the last two thirds. I would recommend this anthology as a good timekeeper of how the pandemic and bushfires (not so much on the floods) affected a wide range of Aussies.
lolabrigita's review
4.0
3.5 stars. An interesting mix of essays from an interesting mix of writers (I think I most resonated with Rebecca Giggs and Jane Rawson's experiences of 2020 and Melissa Lucashenko, Tim Flannery and James Bradley's were the essays I enjoyed, if that is the right word, which it isn't, reading the most). There is some heavy stuff in here and it's a book that needs to be dipped in and out of.