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Hmm this was alright? I feel like it could be an important book for young people especially to read just to get a perspective of how un-new climate change is, how long the right people have known all they needed to know, and how long they've been doing fuck all about it to make themselves richer. It's a fairly short, gripping and easy read. That said, I was a bit bored most of the time reading it. I'd come to it via having seen a 45 minute Simon Clark YouTube video https://youtu.be/hvGQMZFP9IA based on this book, but discovered that the video basically covered everything in a way that was both more compelling and more concise. So honestly if the blurb of the book appeals to you I'd recommend just watching that video - it's excellent. Probably the bit I enjoyed most about this book was the final concluding passage about the moral dimensions of climate inaction. None of the points were exactly new to me but they were powerfully made.

sdenglerinc's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

I really disliked this book.
It seemed to hold the discussions of middle class white male Americans as most important thing happening.
When the "villain" showed up, there was almost no explanation as to why he behaved the way he did.
The afterword felt more informative than the rest of the book put together.

gracemainwaring's review against another edition

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5.0

Makes a clear and strong case for how the climate crisis has been neglected and procrastinated for decades.

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

1.0

The Details:
Narrated by Matt Godfrey
Unabridged

Sadly, this wasn't the type of journalistic non-fiction I enjoy.

It had me too frustrated about men in power not doing anything to help our planet and the way it was written wasn't captivating.

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