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haerin's review
i don't think my lizard brain is going to retain any of this knowledge (i've already forgotten most of it, but that's not on gooley). i think having diagrams or photos would really help... though i'm guessing it'd end up being a hefty book.
batsysk's review
2.0
A really hard reading for true weather lovers.
The text is full of facts and knowledge that author collected during his life. There are some stories but I did not enjoy them that much.
The biggest flaw is the missing pictures that would for sure help with the reading and learning part.
Not a bad book for weather fanatics but as a I-want-to-learn-something-new casual reading it's too difficult and boring.
The text is full of facts and knowledge that author collected during his life. There are some stories but I did not enjoy them that much.
The biggest flaw is the missing pictures that would for sure help with the reading and learning part.
Not a bad book for weather fanatics but as a I-want-to-learn-something-new casual reading it's too difficult and boring.
maudalorian's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.5
My experience of this book is probably best captured by Tristan Gooley's own words:
This has happened to me so many times when walking with experts in other disciplines and it leads to heady mixed emotions. What joy - there’s so much more for us to sense and find meaning in! What terror - how much I must have been missing!
Gooley is a wonderfully sympathetic author and he has so much interesting information to share, but my GOD, I must've missed so much of that information even while reading it, highlighting sentences and repeating them out loud to try to make sense of them. I loved learning more about the weather and weather signs, but it definitely wasn't an easy read for my poor walnut-sized brain with its terrible grasp of physics.
caroparr's review
4.0
Gooley's style is straightforward and engaging, his anecdotes and examples are illuminating, and all in all this was a wonderful read. Now, with my Teflon brain, if I could remember even 10% of what he's taught me, I'd be happy.
ashergeorge's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.25
eliodelio's review
informative
medium-paced
3.75
i love that the author is so passionate about this topic but it was just too much information for me and i ended up retaining very little - but i do look up at the sky to try and see if i can find any meaning in the clouds a lot more now, so that's something. i kind of wish i owned a physical copy of this so i could just flip through it for reference.
(shout out to the author for referencing my guy thomas hardy multiple times too)
(shout out to the author for referencing my guy thomas hardy multiple times too)