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A review by pascalthehoff
Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis by Britt Wray
5.0
Standing out among the myriad of books on climate crisis, Generation Dread offers a refreshing approach towards accepting climate anxiety and turning dread into constructive action.
In many ways, Generation Dread was just what I needed at the exact right time. (I've consumed way too much negative info on climate change in the weeks prior to reading this book.) While most works on climate change mention a need to act, Generation Dread is the first book I've read that actually put this call-to-action into a realistic perspective – in such a way that it might actually mean something to the individual reader and change them.
Generation Dread did the impossible and actually gave me a sliver of hope for the future. Especially impressive is its entire internal discourse on having children (or not) in the age of climate crisis. It made me reconsider stances that have been deeply ingrained in my mind for a long time.
Lots of the insights and advices are rather metaphysical, which makes it feel like a self-help book at times. But in the end, maybe this is just what we need, facing this insurmountable-seeming challenge. Generation Dread's cautious optimism as well as its affirmation of the value of every single person contributing to a better future make it a book every anxious Millennial or Zoomer should read.
In many ways, Generation Dread was just what I needed at the exact right time. (I've consumed way too much negative info on climate change in the weeks prior to reading this book.) While most works on climate change mention a need to act, Generation Dread is the first book I've read that actually put this call-to-action into a realistic perspective – in such a way that it might actually mean something to the individual reader and change them.
Generation Dread did the impossible and actually gave me a sliver of hope for the future. Especially impressive is its entire internal discourse on having children (or not) in the age of climate crisis. It made me reconsider stances that have been deeply ingrained in my mind for a long time.
Lots of the insights and advices are rather metaphysical, which makes it feel like a self-help book at times. But in the end, maybe this is just what we need, facing this insurmountable-seeming challenge. Generation Dread's cautious optimism as well as its affirmation of the value of every single person contributing to a better future make it a book every anxious Millennial or Zoomer should read.