A review by jwale
Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Svante Thunberg, Beata Ernman, Greta Thunberg, Malena Ernman

2.0

Since Greta's name is mentioned first and highlighted on the cover, I was disappointed to realize it was her mother who had written it. The book is centered around herself and her experience as a 'celebrity' with a superiority complex, despite claiming there are "more important things to do" than write a self-indulgent autobiography. While this book was disorganized and lacking a coherent structure, its redeeming qualities were the parts about Greta, her mental health journey, and the climate crisis – which I was expecting the book to be about. On the other hand, the book omitted valuable information about how the way forward through the climate crisis will impact the global south, more information about Greta's eating disorder or Beata's mental health experience, and less about how talented of a singer Melena Ernman is.