Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua

4.11 AVERAGE

dpheth's review

4.5
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clovelatte's review

5.0
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I learned new stats and stories and information but I also felt pulled into old magic like hope and community and the feeling of being held by people who really see you. Going to buy myself a copy so I can underline all the bits that healed me. 10/10 would recommend especially since it’s an anthology and you can munch on it piece by piece. Goes great with morning tea!! 

ricecarolyn15's review

3.75
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grace_2025's review

3.0
It was actually a pretty good book. I think it was more trying to get people interested in the climate change movement rather than give hope for people who are already interested like what it was also supposed to do. Maybe it's what I was expecting but I thought it was going to provide real solutions to climate change and what we can do, which it did but not to the extent I thought. To be honest I felt like most of the book was just people complaining about fossil fuels, which is fair but just not what I was expecting.

c_o_u_r_t's review

Started listening to the audiobook but decided to not finish. Have read very similar collections before and didn’t see the need to do it again

cursed10fold's review

3.75
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It's difficult to give this book a base rating as the essays all have fairly different styles. I'd say they range from 2-5 stars for me as some were really informative and interesting but others are bogged down by overuse of jargon and not having as much to say in the first place. 

My favourites were "To Hell with Drowning" by Julian Aguon, "Looking Forward from the Past: 2023 from 1973" by Rebecca Solnit, "The Asteroid and the Fern" by Jacquelyn Gill, and "Full Narratives of Love and Hope" an interview with Fenton Lutunatabua and Joseph Zane Sikulu of the Pacific Climate Warriors. 
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kevatappi's review

3.75
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A grounding read in times full of tumult. This collection of essays grounded in frontline perspectives on climate change (e.g. from some pacific islands) and a general salve against individualism and nihilism towards collectivism and community. It dares us to take the present moment and let it propel us into action, to create the future we want to see. Who knows what the future holds—- 4.5 hr

amandalmgraff's review

4.0
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suboptimalchoice's review

4.0
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gkaliss's review

4.25
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