A review by ellereadx
Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Malena Ernman

3.0

I found this to be a very moving and impressionable book on the current climate crisis. It was hard to get into, and sometimes I did feel like the language used was beyond my understanding. Here I felt it may have missed its mark, the point to me seeming to want to get people involved. It was also somewhat aggressive in its message at points. I understand it has to be, it's a crisis, but at the expensive of losing people who may just be naive to the extent of the issues. The book touches on the issues of media, and even scientist, bias, and acknowledges but often fails to see the impact this may have on the general public. It only really touched on Greta towards the end, which was nice as you get a well-rounded view of the entire family and the efforts they are making. Though it did seem that she was the centre of their world, without really going into much interesting detail until the last 10% of the book. Nevertheless I enjoyed it!

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.