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I was really looking forward to reading this book and was even sparing it for a special moment. Well, the moment came now and was not so special. As mentioned by others before, I feel that I am not the target group of the book, as I am already following most of the people mentioned in the book, am familiar with the ressources provided by the IE collective and work in the field myself. But I mean, it is still nice to read books that confirm and deepen your knowledge and understanding of a topic you are passionate about.
What was disturbing me the most, was the lack of coherence throughout the book. While I liked the contributions and interviews of IE members and supporters, I felt that it disturbed the reading flow quite a bit in some occasions. I liked the design and the font, but it wasn't used in a consistent manner (e.g. same font, size etc. for the same level of information) Sometimes, the content was doubled, just because the structure of content was a bit odd (e.g. three lists of Reading, Listening, Watching ressources were given, because they were divided by the 3 different people giving the recommendations) and some of the quotes were just repeated in the end. And while it is nice to have a recap and toolkit in the end, I felt that the last ~30 pages were either a repition of content in the book or information that is available on their website. There is a lot of data and numbers in the book, but only one graphic. I felt that this specific bar chart was not necessary, but in other ocassions a graphic could have helped to better visualize all the percentages and details.
Mhhh, so all in all it was an okay read and it definitely re-enphasized the need and my awareness for intersecting all of our joint acitivism to reach environmental and social justice. But unfortunately, I feel that it would be a bit overwhelming and confusing as an introductory book to the topic and way too shallow and and superficial for others, that would like to deepen their knowledge.
What was disturbing me the most, was the lack of coherence throughout the book. While I liked the contributions and interviews of IE members and supporters, I felt that it disturbed the reading flow quite a bit in some occasions. I liked the design and the font, but it wasn't used in a consistent manner (e.g. same font, size etc. for the same level of information) Sometimes, the content was doubled, just because the structure of content was a bit odd (e.g. three lists of Reading, Listening, Watching ressources were given, because they were divided by the 3 different people giving the recommendations) and some of the quotes were just repeated in the end. And while it is nice to have a recap and toolkit in the end, I felt that the last ~30 pages were either a repition of content in the book or information that is available on their website. There is a lot of data and numbers in the book, but only one graphic. I felt that this specific bar chart was not necessary, but in other ocassions a graphic could have helped to better visualize all the percentages and details.
Mhhh, so all in all it was an okay read and it definitely re-enphasized the need and my awareness for intersecting all of our joint acitivism to reach environmental and social justice. But unfortunately, I feel that it would be a bit overwhelming and confusing as an introductory book to the topic and way too shallow and and superficial for others, that would like to deepen their knowledge.