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ashpanda88's review
4.0
Lauren Redniss does such amazing artwork with her printmaking. I'll be excited to check out any more books she releases. If you enjoy weird science facts and tidbits, this will be one to pick up.
charlottedante's review
5.0
Wonderfully weird and informative. I will be seeking out other works by Redniss.
broncoannee's review
I heard about this book from a list of non-fiction graphic novels for adults. I was expecting to learn more about how weather happens. Instead I read stories of how weather affected history, which was just as interesting and fascinating, and at times poetic. I wouldn’t have called it a graphic novel other than the chapter on Sky.
dogtrax's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
5.0
This book is magical in its art and explorations
ithaca's review
4.0
A weird and diverse look at weather around the world and across time. It mixes science, history, and firsthand accounts of weather phenomena and specific devastating storms. Not quite a graphic novel and not quite a novel, the artwork compliments and enhances the stories, lending a unique visual representation of the chaotic and unpredictable nature of weather.
rhyslindmark's review
2.0
I desperately wanted to like this. It was presented as "fundamentally creative" from a "unique mind."
But it felt too scattered for me. A set of vignettes. Stories and science combined.
But nothing to pull me through.
There's a reason why visual books are either "science, visualized" (Cosmos) or "truth through a graphic novel" (Maus).
This was just too hard to pull off.
But it felt too scattered for me. A set of vignettes. Stories and science combined.
But nothing to pull me through.
There's a reason why visual books are either "science, visualized" (Cosmos) or "truth through a graphic novel" (Maus).
This was just too hard to pull off.
ehmannky's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This book is absolutely gorgeous. The book reads like you're following Redniss's thoughts as she muses on human's relationship to the weather, from natural disasters to the way we've exploited and enjoyed it to natural phenomenon. Some of the chapters are more compelling than the other (the Heat chapter on fires was stunning, and the sky chapter with just different illustrations of Redniss's impressions of the sky were so beautiful while the chapter on ice/cold was a bit disjointed), but every chapter is beautiful and wonderful to experience.