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A review by boggle
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
4.0
I was motivated to pick this book up after reading several interviews with Kingsnorth on his experiences with climate activism and the Dark Mountain Project. It's interesting to think about the story of The Wake as an allegory for aspects of the destruction caused by climate change and I think I will be checking out the rest of the trilogy before I comment much more on that.
I will say that while I enjoy the faux Old English style of the text, I personally found it very hard to focus on (perhaps an extension of reading in general being harder of late). The good news is that there is a fantastic audiobook performance of this available that not only helped me understand better, but really helped the story come alive for me.
I will say that while I enjoy the faux Old English style of the text, I personally found it very hard to focus on (perhaps an extension of reading in general being harder of late). The good news is that there is a fantastic audiobook performance of this available that not only helped me understand better, but really helped the story come alive for me.