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obscuredbyclouds's review against another edition
2.0
I found this a rather disappointing and disjointed book, that depressed me more than it gave me hope. Maybe because it was written pre-Trump and a lot of the hopeful thing she says just seem more and more naive with each day. Yes, she gives some examples of hope campaigning and fighting for the right things can change and move, and how we often can't see the impact our positive actions have right away. But overall it was just a reminder of how big the beast is we're up against. Especially when she mentioned climate change? Boy, I've been so depressed
While the book was depressing, that's not enough to only give it two stars. I also felt it wasn't really informative and kinda all over the place. And I really disliked how she put the bogus Anti-GMO movement next to important human rights & other political campaining. Fearmongering and anti-science is really nothing that gives me "hope in the dark"...
While the book was depressing, that's not enough to only give it two stars. I also felt it wasn't really informative and kinda all over the place. And I really disliked how she put the bogus Anti-GMO movement next to important human rights & other political campaining. Fearmongering and anti-science is really nothing that gives me "hope in the dark"...
lucille_c's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
danicapage's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.75
Rebecca Solnit is one of my favorite thinkers. This book shows why. While not my favorite Solnit book, there were some gems from this one that I really loved. It wasn't as tight cohesively as some of her other works, and some of what she shared here she has shared elsewhere, so it can feel repetitive at parts.
However, I love Rebecca Solnit, and I still enjoyed this one.
3.75.
However, I love Rebecca Solnit, and I still enjoyed this one.
3.75.
guuran62's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Författaren och journalisten Rebecca Solnit har skrivit denna bok för att skapa hopp och förtroende om att det är möjligt att åstadkomma samhällsförändringar. Hon kommer med en hel del olika exempel på vad, hon menar, varit framgångsrika och bidragit till en bättre värld.
Boken är tydligt skriven ur ett amerikanskt perspektiv och med de erfarenheter hon själv har som aktivist och samhällspåverkande författare. Boken är dock skriven före eran med Donald Trump och den utveckling som skett inom det republikanska partiet och med det associerade rörelser. Deras aktiviteter har lett till flera bakslag för feminism och miljöpolitik. Jag kan dock sympatisera med hennes strävan och önskan som det uttrycks av förlagets text:
För att orka fortsätta kämpa, menar Solnit, måste vi erkänna de enorma framsteg som gjorts tack vare enskilda personers engagemang, men också lära oss leva med att framtiden är osäker och att de direkta följderna av vårt handlande inte alltid är uppenbara. Hopp kräver handling och handling hopp och nu behövs denna samverkan mer än någonsin.
https://ordfrontforlag.se/bocker/hopp/
pamiverson's review against another edition
4.0
Originally written in 2004, Solnit explores why we need hope and how to maintain it in difficult times. We may not know the consequences of our actions, but we should believe that good may come in the long run from our good works, even if it does not appear so immediately. Interesting to reflect on things years later...
Updated in 2016, when times seem even darker than when she originally wrote the book.
Updated in 2016, when times seem even darker than when she originally wrote the book.
jiyoung's review against another edition
4.0
A bunch of easy to read, short essays on the necessary function of hope to effect change. Puts modern activism into historical context, urges readers to think of justice as a continual process (not a static end goal/state), as well as to consider the counterfactual (what horrible thing *didn't* happen due to protests). Solnit critiques the "apocalypse is coming" brand of liberal cynicism that views hope as a naive anathema.
Written in 2004 but still relevant today.
Written in 2004 but still relevant today.
amandatastic's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. The ideas within aren't bad ones, but I had a hard time getting past the outdated portions, the odd and choppy pacing, and the overall lack of content.