Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston by Ernest Callenbach

3.35 AVERAGE

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jules_reads_books's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lex_y's review against another edition

3.0
challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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antoine3175's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous hopeful reflective

jace524's review against another edition

4.0
I love the country of Ecotopia and how this book presents environmentally friendly solutions to many problems we encounter. The book also seems to highlight how good things could be in our country with shorter work weeks, patient forward healthcare, and so on. But, my god, I hated the main character. A really smarmy and woman obsessed horndog. It got to a point where I was skimming his diary entries as I did not care to know how he was feeling, and the love story was irritating. Also his little tantrum when his meeting with the president didn’t go well, please. All in all, it is a great book when focusing on Ecotopia and not the narrators inner “turmoil”.
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timewriter's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%
The first half was good then idk what happened but it felt like someone would need to take a gun to my head to make me finish it LMFAO maybe one day I’ll go back and read bit but damn it felt like the book just kept going 

groz1975's review

3.75
challenging hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jessicadiaz's review against another edition

3.0
hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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xmashamster's review against another edition

1.0
Book club pick! I didn't find the story immersive because the column/diary interweaving was very "tell" and not "show". Besides, the most interesting parts of the book were completely undermined by the author's perverted idea of women's sexual freedom and overall white nonsense.

manondragon's review against another edition

3.0
Le récit, bien qu'écrit en 1975, est tout à fait dans l'air du temps mais les rapports sociaux qu'il décrit son très hétéronormé (on peut pas tout avoir).
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qboyle_13's review against another edition

2.0
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes