Janet

Loved it. Read a Carl Hiaasen every summer. Casa Belicosa

Thoroughly enjoyed this one

Well it was readable but who the hell could find it funny. Reading it made me cranky. And just so fantastical as to be stupid really. To be honest words fail me with this book, it just seemed very juvenile

Listened to it on Audible. So apparently there have always been crackpots and crazies in America and unfortunately I guess there always will be. If you don't require any evidence to support your beliefs then there is nothing to stop you believing in anything. The author is more optimistic about our future than I am

Did not enjoy this as much as her other books

Interesting book

Excellent book. Quick tour of the history of liberalism and its values. His suggested reading at the book means I have a lot to add to my to-read list.

Listened to this on Audible

As someone who was born 2 years later than the author, grew up less than thirty miles from her (albeit in a city and in a different class), and moved to the States three years after her, the beginning of the book really resonated with me. But the whole book is good. My main take on her thesis is that “all people matter” and as a society we have to make sure that no one gets left behind.

So this is a real page turner but I have serious issues with it that other reviewers have articulated better than I can. A 40+ year old doctor has a sexual relationship with a 17 year old girl and repeatedly tries to justify it and the main characters admits to sexual thoughts towards his teenage babysitter. As another reviewer put it, it is a middle aged man's sexual fantasy, salacious and sexually explicit. I had already been irritated by the protaganist in the first book of the series find him to be smug and self-important.

Fascinating

Wish Goodreads let you give half stars - I would give this 3 1/2 stars however this is not my favorite genre so that undoubtedly affects my view. I also am more curious about what happens after the book ends but that is also an unfair expectation of what is YA book.

Listened to this on Audible. Totally articulated by belief in the importance of language and how it can be used to manipulate us.

Fascinating

Loved this book. Will definitely read more by this author.

Fascinating

Not quite what I thought it would be but thought provoking. Liked the chapter on the dangers of goal-setting, something that organizations as well as individuals should heed. Glad that I had recently read a little about the stoics. Now I want to read some more philosophy.

Loved it

Heartbreaking. Really felt for Mariam

Another fantastic read from Bill Bryson.

As I was reading it, I would have given it 4 stars, but I felt that it ended too abruptly, it felt unfinished.

Loved this book.

An amazing woman: A journalist and anti-lynching activist. An indefatigable campaigner for justice. Depressing read though - so much violence and injustice.

Everybody should read this book. There is an incredible amount of information and the author makes clear that our economic and political systems are at odds with our humanity. We can and should change the rules of the game. Otherwise we are ultimately doomed.

Loved this book. Fascinating and sobering. Made me want to buy a barometer!