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fast-paced
the summary of this book is like not at all what this book is about lol.
i usually don’t like this genre of books that much. reminds me of dayswork, of wellness, of nightbitch. but there was something about how humor worked in this text that saved it for me. the parables and continued reference to other knowledge were cool. and the ending is just so moving. like it just was so moving, no matter whether or not it is earned.
one of the better 2016-centered books i’ve ever read. “of course, the world will continue to end.” the problems were not solved, but the central problem of alienation seemed to be torn up at the roots, by the end. refreshing.
i usually don’t like this genre of books that much. reminds me of dayswork, of wellness, of nightbitch. but there was something about how humor worked in this text that saved it for me. the parables and continued reference to other knowledge were cool. and the ending is just so moving. like it just was so moving, no matter whether or not it is earned.
one of the better 2016-centered books i’ve ever read. “of course, the world will continue to end.” the problems were not solved, but the central problem of alienation seemed to be torn up at the roots, by the end. refreshing.
It reads like thoughts being spilled onto the page, random, not ordered. Strangely compelling, like overhearing conversations on a bus.
There were flashes of great writing in this, but mostly felt like an unoriginal reflection on climate change anxiety and being unsatisfied in one’s marriage (which based on her other book she really is?). A lot of it felt true but not helpful or original or interesting !
Qué curioso: cuando estás casada, lo que deseas es que tu pareja y tú podáis volver a ser anónimos el uno para el otro; pero cuando eres una persona anónima, lo que deseas es estar casada y poder leer los dos juntos en la cama. p.159
By absolute coincidence this came into the library just as Covid-19 became a real, present, overwhelming truth in our lives in New York. One day there were 8 cases, days later there are 21,000 cases. 21,000. It is incomprehensible, cataclysmic. Last week I was a block from 30 Rock and there were only 2 other humans visible on the street. But in the middle of what feels like a bad movie, we go on. Its what we do. Life is filled with personal mundane crap and it doesn't stop even when annihilation seems to be right around the corner. And this, this is what Weather is about.
The coming end of the world in Weather is from climate change, or really from the end of climate and the election of an anti-intellectual authoritarian president who decries all efforts to save the planet. Lizzie, her husband and son live in Little Pakistan. These are good people in every sense. They are thoughtful, they help their neighbors and their extended families however they can. They think about the crisis, but they also think about relatives who are lonely or have addiction issues, about the livelihood of the car service guy and the man who owns the bodega, and the people who seek guidance at the library where Lizzie works.
Offill is really funny and wise. Her Brooklyn lens is brutal and hilarious and dead on. In one of my favorite lines as she is running out of antidepressants and has nothing but Ambien to help her decompress at the same time she is helping her brother who is an addict who may be falling off the wagon with the combined stress of a newborn and the impending apocalypse Lizzie thinks "I remind myself (as I often do) never to become so addicted to drugs or alcohol that I'm not allowed to use them,"
This is a slim book, a speedy read - it really could be a single sitting book if you have say 4 hours to spend. (It took me 10 days because I was dealing with a pandemic that closed the doors on the program I run, we went online, at the same time I had a son to get out of Serbia and a sister to get out of Morocco as borders were shutting down without warning. I strongly recommend this one, though for those with anxiety, this may not be the moment you want to jump in.) Hopefully this pandemic will be ebbing by late summer, and this will be the perfect read.
The coming end of the world in Weather is from climate change, or really from the end of climate and the election of an anti-intellectual authoritarian president who decries all efforts to save the planet. Lizzie, her husband and son live in Little Pakistan. These are good people in every sense. They are thoughtful, they help their neighbors and their extended families however they can. They think about the crisis, but they also think about relatives who are lonely or have addiction issues, about the livelihood of the car service guy and the man who owns the bodega, and the people who seek guidance at the library where Lizzie works.
Offill is really funny and wise. Her Brooklyn lens is brutal and hilarious and dead on. In one of my favorite lines as she is running out of antidepressants and has nothing but Ambien to help her decompress at the same time she is helping her brother who is an addict who may be falling off the wagon with the combined stress of a newborn and the impending apocalypse Lizzie thinks "I remind myself (as I often do) never to become so addicted to drugs or alcohol that I'm not allowed to use them,"
This is a slim book, a speedy read - it really could be a single sitting book if you have say 4 hours to spend. (It took me 10 days because I was dealing with a pandemic that closed the doors on the program I run, we went online, at the same time I had a son to get out of Serbia and a sister to get out of Morocco as borders were shutting down without warning. I strongly recommend this one, though for those with anxiety, this may not be the moment you want to jump in.) Hopefully this pandemic will be ebbing by late summer, and this will be the perfect read.
Als kwik in je hand, je mag dit boek vooral niet te hard willen vasthouden. Dus ik heb het laten zweven en hobbelen en ik kon niet stoppen met onderlijnen, wat een taal <3.
I read this book at the right time…it felt topical. I learned that you can use a tuna can as a candle.
In this small gem, the narrator, librarian Lizzie Benson, tells anecdotes from her life, her marriage, her motherhood, and from those who seek her advice. While the book leans towards discussions of dread of the future, the charm of the narrator leaves a larger impression. When asked if she has any survival skills, Lizzie responds, ““People think I’m funny, I know how to tell a story in a brisk, winning way.”