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bibliocyclist's review
3.0
Do you know your place? Do you know it “well enough to see it change”? Is it the case that, “eso aquí es así,” and does it have to be that way? If you, too, detect the earth’s alarm and feel emergency within your bones, check out The Nerves and Their Endings: Essays on Crisis and Response by Swedish-Colombian-British writer and activist Jessica Gaitán Johannesson. What happens when your Birth Strike group splinters between those who practice non-parenthood on behalf of our planet and those who do so for the sake of the unborn? Does climate action translate from the country of one parent to that of the other, and what if you move to a third? How do you respond to the caller who latches onto your accent and asks how far you are from “home”? Listen to your nerves, make your place your own, and learn from what each has to say.
ada_chan's review
1.5
the thoughts were there but not fleshed out. some bits were hard to sit through (insufferable)
kyliemaslen's review
3.0
some really interesting ideas about the climate crisis, language, health and identity. this book asks some
great questions but wasn’t as compelling as i had hoped.
great questions but wasn’t as compelling as i had hoped.
anharchive's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
bw23's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
An excellent book that explored nuance within different issues. The interlinking of topics and different perspective in the books gives the book excellent depth of analysis and emphaty.
mosimo2321's review
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
rhiosborne's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.25