simetraviolets's review
1.0
. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
I found the concept of this book intriguing and enjoyed the intro as it showed the aims of this book as a positive and bright spot in our current dark non fiction world. I found the multiple authors an interesting idea and wondered if they would work well together and was sad to read them and find many same-ish pieces of the same drivel idea and no grasping moments of urgency. To gain a higher rating? I’d have loved this to have been a real book of how people could use the lessons we’ve “supposedly” learnt from the horrors of COVID 19... not a book that first story is about the “good” of COVID and never mentioning that yes there were bad too. Or more stories like how the “aliens” we were unprepared for was COVID and how that may affect future “terrestrial beings” or unexpected situations. It felt like many people repeating the exact same thought process with different words- and some not using as simplistic language choices as promised in its intro...
I found the concept of this book intriguing and enjoyed the intro as it showed the aims of this book as a positive and bright spot in our current dark non fiction world. I found the multiple authors an interesting idea and wondered if they would work well together and was sad to read them and find many same-ish pieces of the same drivel idea and no grasping moments of urgency. To gain a higher rating? I’d have loved this to have been a real book of how people could use the lessons we’ve “supposedly” learnt from the horrors of COVID 19... not a book that first story is about the “good” of COVID and never mentioning that yes there were bad too. Or more stories like how the “aliens” we were unprepared for was COVID and how that may affect future “terrestrial beings” or unexpected situations. It felt like many people repeating the exact same thought process with different words- and some not using as simplistic language choices as promised in its intro...
ellamaemaeella's review
1.0
. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
I found the concept of this book intriguing and enjoyed the intro as it showed the aims of this book as a positive and bright spot in our current dark non fiction world. I found the multiple authors an interesting idea and wondered if they would work well together and was sad to read them and find many same-ish pieces of the same drivel idea and no grasping moments of urgency. To gain a higher rating? I’d have loved this to have been a real book of how people could use the lessons we’ve “supposedly” learnt from the horrors of COVID 19... not a book that first story is about the “good” of COVID and never mentioning that yes there were bad too. Or more stories like how the “aliens” we were unprepared for was COVID and how that may affect future “terrestrial beings” or unexpected situations. It felt like many people repeating the exact same thought process with different words- and some not using as simplistic language choices as promised in its intro...
I found the concept of this book intriguing and enjoyed the intro as it showed the aims of this book as a positive and bright spot in our current dark non fiction world. I found the multiple authors an interesting idea and wondered if they would work well together and was sad to read them and find many same-ish pieces of the same drivel idea and no grasping moments of urgency. To gain a higher rating? I’d have loved this to have been a real book of how people could use the lessons we’ve “supposedly” learnt from the horrors of COVID 19... not a book that first story is about the “good” of COVID and never mentioning that yes there were bad too. Or more stories like how the “aliens” we were unprepared for was COVID and how that may affect future “terrestrial beings” or unexpected situations. It felt like many people repeating the exact same thought process with different words- and some not using as simplistic language choices as promised in its intro...
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