A review by sydneyerin
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray

2.0

When I started this book, I had high hopes that it would be informative and empowering, but unfortunately as I read on, it started to fall flat. The tone is condescending and although the author tries to tie in other perspectives, I feel that her attempts at integrating intersectional activism are not successful. This book seems to be written for fairly privileged young people who are grappling with climate anxiety. The writing is not trauma informed, there are some things that come off as very abelist, and she seems to assume that her readers are (overall) grappling with climate anxiety without suffering from other issues. This book may be very helpful to some but it was not for me.