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cheekylaydee's review against another edition
2.0
I appreciate the message, but just compiling a load of Gretas speeches and calling it a book does not necessarily make for good reading. Also, quoting a load of facts and figures and telling us it needs to change, yet not telling us how? It may be getting people to sit up and take notice but I somehow was expecting a little more. I know she's only young but for someone so passionate maybe we need something substantial to back up the commendable sentiments.
sarelle24's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
I was hoping for more information from this one as I found this quite repetitive.
I want to read more from Greta as I feel she has a very strong voice.
I want to read more from Greta as I feel she has a very strong voice.
e_a_bee's review against another edition
challenging
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.0
Would I recommend? Yes. Did I enjoy it? No. Knowing most of the facts discussed prior to reading it didn’t help. I really wanted to like it more.
ainsleysouthern's review against another edition
5.0
More than five stars.
As a young person, who will have to live with the world that is left to my generation, this book highlights the issue that will be our demise; climate change.
This week I have heard about many issues, some of them that I had never heard of or had delved too deeply into-
-North Korea
-the Russia/Ukrainian war that may break out very soon.
-Domestic Abuse
-Gender Equality
-And much more.
If this didn’t make me scared for my future, than reading this book surely did.
I am panicking- exactly what Greta Thunberg wants us to do-
“Adults keep saying: We owe it to the
young people to give them hope.
But I don't want your hope.
I don't want you to be hopeful.
I want you to panic.
I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.
And then I want you to act.
I want you to act as you would in a crisis.
I want you to act as if our house is on fire.
Because it is.”
This is a quote in this book.
And I am panicking. I do not know if you all are. But I know that I am. Because, just as Greta is making clear here, we do not have much hope.
Greta explains that many people do not think that this is a crisis, or that it is a crisis that will just go away. But it will not.
This book is eye opening. I implore everyone to read this book, to pay more attention to the crisis, to fear what is to come, to make a change.
I wish that schools ad universities around the world would make their students read this book.
Read. This. Book.
As a young person, who will have to live with the world that is left to my generation, this book highlights the issue that will be our demise; climate change.
This week I have heard about many issues, some of them that I had never heard of or had delved too deeply into-
-North Korea
-the Russia/Ukrainian war that may break out very soon.
-Domestic Abuse
-Gender Equality
-And much more.
If this didn’t make me scared for my future, than reading this book surely did.
I am panicking- exactly what Greta Thunberg wants us to do-
“Adults keep saying: We owe it to the
young people to give them hope.
But I don't want your hope.
I don't want you to be hopeful.
I want you to panic.
I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.
And then I want you to act.
I want you to act as you would in a crisis.
I want you to act as if our house is on fire.
Because it is.”
This is a quote in this book.
And I am panicking. I do not know if you all are. But I know that I am. Because, just as Greta is making clear here, we do not have much hope.
Greta explains that many people do not think that this is a crisis, or that it is a crisis that will just go away. But it will not.
This book is eye opening. I implore everyone to read this book, to pay more attention to the crisis, to fear what is to come, to make a change.
I wish that schools ad universities around the world would make their students read this book.
Read. This. Book.
ali_w15's review against another edition
5.0
Completely inspiring. Forthright, firebrand and powerful. Teens are not to be underestimated. The current generation will change the world.