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A review by srj
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
3.0
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, reading it definitely lit a fire under me that wasn't there before and helped me understand the emergency of the climate situation. However, what I missed was the hope or motivation to fix the problem, or stories of real people who are suffering at the front lines. I felt a bit drowned in numbers.
I did think that the book did a good job of trying to add some context to those numbers by comparing e.g. losses to sizes of civilizations at different points in history.
I can't say I would recommend this book to others in my immediate circle, because personally it spun me out for weeks in feelings of hopelessness and despair. But that's a very personal take!
I did think that the book did a good job of trying to add some context to those numbers by comparing e.g. losses to sizes of civilizations at different points in history.
I can't say I would recommend this book to others in my immediate circle, because personally it spun me out for weeks in feelings of hopelessness and despair. But that's a very personal take!