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cayleighgb's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.75
This writing style is incredibly charming while still being informative. Super work relevant for me, but really liked it!!
story_graph_'s review against another edition
Too many stories inside about the human world, not focus on ecology, which is a misleading title. The book repeatedly blaming certain group of people, such as:
"Cars turned streets into war zones. Early automobiles were death machines—unencumbered by safety features like turn signals and seatbelts, piloted by ill-trained drivers, and subject to only rudimentary laws. Tight curves were marked with pictures of skulls-and-crossbones or the Grim Reaper. Journalists bemoaned the proliferation of “road hogs,” “speed maniacs,” “Sunday drivers,” “juggernauts,” and the dreaded “flivverboob,” the epithet for an inconsiderate motorist. The automobile struck critics as not only dangerous but depraved. The moment that “the foot touches the accelerator and the hand grasps the wheel,” chided one reporter, law-abiding citizens “become afflicted with the gas rabies."
kailawalton's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.75
Not something us humans think about very often is the effect roads have taken on wildlife, the environment and people. Very informative, and enlightening but also very sad as well.
lizruest's review against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.75
Lots of information, just not on a topic I wanted to dig into.