A review by sterlingisreading
The End of the End of the Earth by Jonathan Franzen

informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

Some of these essays interested me more than others. My favorites were about technology, literary criticism, and Franzen’s more personal stories. There’s a lot about birds in here, which felt a little tedious in some essays, but in others it worked beautifully to illustrate the realities of climate change. Franzen’s birding obsession feels like an enthusiastic plea: a plea for all of us to create a passionate, personal, active connection to the natural world for ourselves. Maybe if we can all love the world just a little bit more, it may not end so swiftly.