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arayo's review against another edition
informative
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
slow-paced
I am too cynical for this book.
As I started, I kept skimming through sections and skipping ahead, wondering when the “scary parts” would start. I was almost halfway through before I realized: these are the scary parts.
When Silent Spring was published in 1962, complete environmental collapse probably sounded like dystopian fiction to most people. Carson’s page after page of horrific examples and statistics sounded an alarm sufficient to move laypeople and leaders alike to demand, and when possible make, change.
Now here I am in 2024. DDT use has been significantly curtailed worldwide, but environmental disasters Carson couldn’t’ve dreamed of threaten us every day. At most, this book made me feel a slight, melancholic hopelessness: yeah, we’re all doomed. Now what?
As I started, I kept skimming through sections and skipping ahead, wondering when the “scary parts” would start. I was almost halfway through before I realized: these are the scary parts.
When Silent Spring was published in 1962, complete environmental collapse probably sounded like dystopian fiction to most people. Carson’s page after page of horrific examples and statistics sounded an alarm sufficient to move laypeople and leaders alike to demand, and when possible make, change.
Now here I am in 2024. DDT use has been significantly curtailed worldwide, but environmental disasters Carson couldn’t’ve dreamed of threaten us every day. At most, this book made me feel a slight, melancholic hopelessness: yeah, we’re all doomed. Now what?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Terminal illness
Graphic: Environmental degradationhelena_chris's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma
erinwolf1997's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Child death
wai's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content