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

4.11 AVERAGE

isneezachoo's review

3.0
This book tries to meet everyone where they are at, so the first 50 pages I could have done without and lacked nuance. After that I learned so much! It made me want to be a better storyteller, and reaffirmed my belief that hope is a choice and cynicism is the easy way out. I really liked the stories of Pacific Islanders at COP and the story from 2073 looking back to 2023 (I give that story 5 stars)

lottie1803's review

4.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

beansbooks21's review

2.0
reflective fast-paced
I had to read this book for school because otherwise I wouldn't have picked it up. The book is very very generalized and basic. Information presented in the book is almost common sense: obviously fossil fuels contribute to climate change, obviously if the Earth warms anymore, it would be catastrophic. The essays lacked depth and historical context that would have made it easier to recognize the harmful structures in place. Overall, the book focused more on hope than explaining the climate crisis. 
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jennynz's review

3.5
hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Good overview of the various perspectives in climate activism. I found the essays varied a lot in tone, clarity, and quality, especially when thinking of an audience who are unfamiliar with activism.

skmiles's review

4.0
A thoughtful and hopeful book, a series of interviews and essays about how to use community and love to navigate a crisis that seems to demand grief and isolation.
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racheale123's review

5.0
The resounding message of this book is hope. Through the essays in this book we are able to gain ideas for action and solutions to combat the effects of climate change. It's not to late and I'm thankful for the hopeful message from the activists encouraging change and providing a community that we all can learn from.

bohunkgourmet's review

3.75
challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

jedidjabooks's review

4.5
hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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bramlee's review

3.0
hopeful informative
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lrue's review

3.0
emotional hopeful informative
A lot of voices from activists of color on the frontlines & scientists related to the IPCC reports. My only issue is that they completely forgo capitalism as an issue of climate change, the direct impacts on those intersectionally oppressed, and the infrastructure problem (cars). They really focus on going electric but even then electric vehicles lose their own problems - we should be focusing on public transportation & creating walkable sustainable communities, which this book does not cover. It’s a lot of stories of how hopeful everyone is, but it does not provide the reader with the full picture