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Aug 03, 2023CICarlier rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Reading this book in 2023, almost 10 years after it was published, there is a sad realization that not much has changed. Naomi touches on most issues our century is facing related to climate change. Massive organizing of ordinary people…
Aug 04, 2022
because the economic system causes the climate change....exploitation of people and resources --producing enormous waste dumping slag and toxic chems to costly to clean up s---tax payers pay and other nations suffer pollution based on…
Jul 23, 2021poibooks rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
[audiobook narrated by Ellen Archer] <-- read/listened to this version Overall: 4, Performance: 3.5, Content: 4 The hardest part about reading/listening to this book in 2021 is that there is a sense of melancholy and nostalgia as if its…
Jan 28, 2020red_dog_14987 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is why capitalism with out regulation is bad for the environment ( and also economically for everyone who is not in the top 10%. ) This is why trump's policy of "for every regulation you have to get rid of 2 regulations" is…
Jun 01, 2019SCL_Justin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It's hard to believe this book is five years old, that it predates Trump and that the world is still burning down. I appreciate Klein's thesis that climate change isn't something we can handle with bits and pieces of cap-and-trade…
May 10, 2019cperezolivares rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Naomi Klein This changes everything was one of the most longest book I've ever read and I have to say, I enjoyed every minute of it. It talked not just about climate change, it also reference how policy, politics, green organization and…
Sep 19, 2018devinhock rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A must-read, Klein's thoughts are well-structured and the book overall is incredibly easy to delve into. The words in this book address the bleakness of the current climate crisis but also offer hope and encouragement. This book has…
Dec 14, 2017jaybird443 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I'm not a climate change denier at all. It is real and is going to be a big problem both now and especially for future generations. My complaint about this book and many other books on this topic is that for some reason they do not address…
Jun 26, 2017MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
What the prospective reader needs to know about THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is that it is over 450 pages of 9-point type with 60 pages of endnotes of 7-point type -- which is to say this is not a light easy read, even though Klein is a gifted…
Mar 27, 2016heidiup1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
a bit dry for me, but very well-written
Mar 26, 2016dias111 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Great content though not as well organized and written as her previous work.
Dec 31, 2015HowardWilliams rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Heart's in the right place but the book is barely readable and certainly not an attractive or persuasive tool.
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Dec 26, 2015
I've just read Gendeg's comment-review and I'm confused. My fellow patron gives details of he or she feels are the books shortcomings, recommends another book, The Sixth Extinction, in lieu of Klein's, and then says read this book. Which…
Dec 17, 2015gendeg rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Naomi Klein’s running argument in This Changes Everything is that the climate crisis has come about as a result of a grand clash between capitalism and the planet. Klein supports the argument by showing how the political and corporate…
Dec 01, 2015cre0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
this book gave the factual proof to my thoughts about capitalism and the state of the world today. i don't think there are any truly sustainable answers to our problems until there are about 8 billion less of us on the planet. i will…
Oct 26, 2015LKBC_EPL rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A clarion call to all of us.
Sep 10, 2015uncommonreader rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Well-researched and well-documented. It is revealing that critics are unable to rely on evidence-based data to refute Klein's arguments and revert to emotional and/or personal slurs. This is an important book. We all have a…
Aug 19, 2015dirtbag1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book should be required reading for all Grade 12 students as well as all BC Liberals. Told in an anecdotal style it outlines the grim future for the young if we continue on the same consumerism/extractivism route we are blindly on…
Jun 15, 2015dragoarh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very eye-opening book. Must read for every environmentalist and social progressive.
May 28, 2015PeterLester rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time on this book. While it is exhaustive it is lacks clarity and brevity and is therefore a very difficult read. But what can one expect from an author who failed to complete her University degree! It starts on a…
Apr 30, 2015chronic rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The most important book I've ever read. We're running out of time to change our ways and if we don't the effects will be devastating. That's reality.
Mar 18, 2015john_doh17 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I think the most important point made in this book is that the right understands the implications of climate change more than the left. It will take a complete shift in culture away from consumption to save the planet. Switching to…
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Jan 19, 2015redban rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This has to be the most crucial global topic in the post-Cold War era, and here's a fantastic thinker giving her analysis on it. Many parts have plenty of literature covering them already, but Naomi Klein adds persuasion and elegance.…
Dec 26, 2014MyopicReader rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
An interesting example of how fuzzy thinking can be popular. One example is her look at the "German miracle" of getting rid of nuclear power. She notes that emissions went up as a result and concludes that the reason was that they just…
Dec 08, 2014lukasevansherman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Canadian journalist and writer Naomi Klein has established herself as the most trenchant, intelligent, astute critic of free-market capitalism and the neo-liberal agenda. Her three books form of sort of trilogy: "No Logo" dealt with…