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tobebookish's review against another edition
3.0
Greta is incredibly impressive and I am happy to have been able to read all her speeches. I wish she would have used this book to present the issues in more detail, and offer solutions at both micro and macro levels.
camicat42's review against another edition
4.0
Such a short and simple book that contains the important speeches that Greta Thunberg has given so far.
I'm reading a lot of reviews mentioning that some of her speeches can be repetitive and that this is a bad thing. Well, when you want children (i.e. politicians) who refuse to listen to you and learn, you need to repeat yourself over and over in order to be heard.
Like Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg will be a name that is repeated in the future as yet another inspirational figure who tried to make a difference in an already indifferent world.
I'm reading a lot of reviews mentioning that some of her speeches can be repetitive and that this is a bad thing. Well, when you want children (i.e. politicians) who refuse to listen to you and learn, you need to repeat yourself over and over in order to be heard.
Like Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg will be a name that is repeated in the future as yet another inspirational figure who tried to make a difference in an already indifferent world.
oliviahoffmann's review against another edition
4.0
I wanted to read more of Greta’s speeches and appreciated watching her tone evolve throughout the dozen or so pieces. This read made me more interested in understanding what “net-zero” and current “green” initiatives mean - she argued that these are often examples of lip service, which the general public is unaware of (and therefore unmotivated by). While it’s really easy to feel fatalistic about our environment, Greta’s work and writing proves there’s really no point in giving up, but we do have to band together and demand BIG change in order to actually see effects.
lilyjoannacrompton's review against another edition
5.0
EVERYONE needs to read this book. EVERYONE needs to read Greta Thunberg's speeches. They ignite in you the panic that she is calling for. They make you desperate to act. And we all need to act NOW, however uncomfortable it may be. You may say 'I'll do something tomorrow' but 200 species are going extinct every day. You may want to leave it to the politicians but their most optimistic targets don't go half as far as we need. Life cannot go on as normal. We can start with the small things like cutting out single use plastic and fast fashion. But that is not enough. We need big, big change. We need to STOP using fossil fuels, and to do that we need meetings and summits and agreements. We need the wealthy and powerful to sacrifice comfort to save our world. They should be running down corridors and making arrangements and throwing routines to the wind. We should all be telling eachother to panic,
every
single
day.
When you finish reading this, get up and act. Straight away. It can be something small, but push for something bigger.
Turn off the lights in your house. Turn down the heating in exchange for a jumper. Start wearing the clothes you have instead of buying more. Start a blog or a leaflet and write to raise awareness. Send a letter to your MP.
And remember to panic.
We are running out of time.
every
single
day.
When you finish reading this, get up and act. Straight away. It can be something small, but push for something bigger.
Turn off the lights in your house. Turn down the heating in exchange for a jumper. Start wearing the clothes you have instead of buying more. Start a blog or a leaflet and write to raise awareness. Send a letter to your MP.
And remember to panic.
We are running out of time.
jakepasseri's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Good collection of speeches but it couldve been edited better
antireading's review against another edition
3.0
Is repetitive as it's a collection of speeches from a year, so that's to be expected. I do think she's a good speech writer with the points she hits home. I found her mentions of autism to be the most interesting and while I understand why she phased that out of her speeches, I loved her perspective. It's interesting reading it now after she's become so much more radicalized (in a good way) as you can see inklings of it throughout the 12 months of this collection.