Official Review: Warm Front by Mark A. York
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Official Review: Warm Front by Mark A. York
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Warm Front" by Mark A. York.]
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This is a book about climate change and global warming. It describes the story of a biologist and a science reporter in their journey to discover the truth about climate change. In it the author describes the lives of the two main characters and their day-to-day activities, and the people they cross paths with as they go on their journey observing and reporting changes in the climate and linking them to human fuel burning. The book talks about their adventures trying to educate people about the dangers of global warming and trying to unravel more truths about it and their struggle against people from the oil industry with hidden agendas. The book slightly delves into their personal and social life.
I personally enjoyed this book a lot, I wouldn't really call it a novel, and so I gave it a rating of 3 out of 4 stars. I found that this book was really interesting in terms of being more educational than entertaining. It talked a lot about the science behind global warming and the arguments for and against the role of human fuel burning on global warming. It also talked about various animal species and their suffering as a result of global warming. The parts that I enjoyed most in the book were the descriptions of various Antarctica's snowy landscapes, which I personally love. However, this book is not free from criticism, that’s why I didn’t give it a 4. From the writing style of the author, you could clearly tell that he is a scientist and a reporter. Various sections of the book felt more like reading a science magazine than a novel. Factual reporting is very strong in this book as opposed to storytelling. I know this might put some people off from reading or finishing reading this book; I personally enjoyed the scientific part of the book a lot and found it very educational. I was glad to learn more about global warming and certain endangered species.
Having enjoyed the educational parts of the book, I still find the book too fact heavy. for instance, few of the important scientific points about global warming were repeated a lot throughout the book to the point they became redundant. Also there was a lot of use of abbreviations and jargon, which i think could confuse the reader. There was use of graphs, which i personally liked to see in the book, but some people might not like to see graphs in a novel?
Furthermore, few of the scenes were cropped short and gave the impression to be incomplete. In many instances the conversations of the book were unrealistic. This was specifically when some characters were plotting against the environmentalists. Where you can tell that the author created a short conversation just to bring important information to the attention of the reader, but it didn't really make sense and didn't fit with the rest of the book. On the other hand, conversations to do with science where for instance the reporter was talking science with an expert were too technical, and it really felt like reading an interview in a science magazine.
So to conclude my review, I enjoyed reading this book (I refuse to call it a novel), it was hard in some parts where I didn’t understand the jargon and the North American slang, and it took me much longer than usual! But I really did enjoy it. As an educational and informative book about the environment and the world I loved it, but as a novel not so much.
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I personally enjoyed this book a lot, I wouldn't really call it a novel, and so I gave it a rating of 3 out of 4 stars. I found that this book was really interesting in terms of being more educational than entertaining. It talked a lot about the science behind global warming and the arguments for and against the role of human fuel burning on global warming. It also talked about various animal species and their suffering as a result of global warming. The parts that I enjoyed most in the book were the descriptions of various Antarctica's snowy landscapes, which I personally love. However, this book is not free from criticism, that’s why I didn’t give it a 4. From the writing style of the author, you could clearly tell that he is a scientist and a reporter. Various sections of the book felt more like reading a science magazine than a novel. Factual reporting is very strong in this book as opposed to storytelling. I know this might put some people off from reading or finishing reading this book; I personally enjoyed the scientific part of the book a lot and found it very educational. I was glad to learn more about global warming and certain endangered species.
Having enjoyed the educational parts of the book, I still find the book too fact heavy. for instance, few of the important scientific points about global warming were repeated a lot throughout the book to the point they became redundant. Also there was a lot of use of abbreviations and jargon, which i think could confuse the reader. There was use of graphs, which i personally liked to see in the book, but some people might not like to see graphs in a novel?
Furthermore, few of the scenes were cropped short and gave the impression to be incomplete. In many instances the conversations of the book were unrealistic. This was specifically when some characters were plotting against the environmentalists. Where you can tell that the author created a short conversation just to bring important information to the attention of the reader, but it didn't really make sense and didn't fit with the rest of the book. On the other hand, conversations to do with science where for instance the reporter was talking science with an expert were too technical, and it really felt like reading an interview in a science magazine.
So to conclude my review, I enjoyed reading this book (I refuse to call it a novel), it was hard in some parts where I didn’t understand the jargon and the North American slang, and it took me much longer than usual! But I really did enjoy it. As an educational and informative book about the environment and the world I loved it, but as a novel not so much.
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"This was specifically when some characters were plotting against the environmentalists. Where you can tell that the author created a short conversation just to bring important information to the attention of the reader, but it didn't really make sense and didn't fit with the rest of the book."
Fair enough but examples, please.
Fair enough but examples, please.
