leasummer's review
4.0
This is a fascinating book with amazing full page illustrations by the author. She also created the font. She uses stories and interviews to tell the stories of weather and explain weather occurrences and phenomena. It's definitely worth picking up for the illustrations alone.
ithaca's review
4.0
A weird and diverse look at weather around the world and across time. It mixes science, history, and firsthand accounts of weather phenomena and specific devastating storms. Not quite a graphic novel and not quite a novel, the artwork compliments and enhances the stories, lending a unique visual representation of the chaotic and unpredictable nature of weather.
rhyslindmark's review
2.0
I desperately wanted to like this. It was presented as "fundamentally creative" from a "unique mind."
But it felt too scattered for me. A set of vignettes. Stories and science combined.
But nothing to pull me through.
There's a reason why visual books are either "science, visualized" (Cosmos) or "truth through a graphic novel" (Maus).
This was just too hard to pull off.
But it felt too scattered for me. A set of vignettes. Stories and science combined.
But nothing to pull me through.
There's a reason why visual books are either "science, visualized" (Cosmos) or "truth through a graphic novel" (Maus).
This was just too hard to pull off.
ehmannky's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This book is absolutely gorgeous. The book reads like you're following Redniss's thoughts as she muses on human's relationship to the weather, from natural disasters to the way we've exploited and enjoyed it to natural phenomenon. Some of the chapters are more compelling than the other (the Heat chapter on fires was stunning, and the sky chapter with just different illustrations of Redniss's impressions of the sky were so beautiful while the chapter on ice/cold was a bit disjointed), but every chapter is beautiful and wonderful to experience.
tangleroot_eli's review
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Beautifully illustrated and a fascinating way to approach weather writing. Like looking through the windows of a dollhouse, each chapter offers one small glimpse of a vast world, leaving the reader to decide for ourselves which topics we'd like to explore further.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Child death
nomadreader's review
3.0
3.5 stars. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I found most it pretty 'meh'