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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg

Start date: February 2, 2022

Finish date: February 28, 2022

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Dec 06, 2019 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Not impressed.

Rating. We start at 5 stars:
+6 stars: I give it an extra star for the author's devotion to nature (+1 star), young age (+1 star), determination (+1 star), mental illness (+1 star), another +1 star so that she wouldn't cry (or sulk or whatever she does to terrorize her parents) and for everything else that I couldn't give a damn to care to remember or list (+1 star).
-1 star for repetitiveness
-1 star for no solutions suggested
-1 star for boring writing, as she isn't 8 to write so si ...more

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Nov 14, 2019 Jeanne rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-women, read-around-the-world, politics, read-2019, conservation-ecology

I confess: I read Greta Thunberg's No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference because our president was dismissive of her, saying, "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!" I read this book and kept reading because I am always impressed by passion and competence. I am impressed by her skill in framing an argument and acting on it.

Greta Thunberg has been school striking outside the Swedish Parliament since August 2018. No One Is Too S ...more

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Sep 08, 2019 Martha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, read-2019, read-women-19, neurodiverse

This is a case where I would want to separate the author from this particular book. Thunberg herself is exceptional and I'm full of admiration. Her words are inspiring and as confrontational as they absolutely need to be. We shouldn't be in a situation where a teenage girl has to travel the world holding politicians to account because the adults aren't dong it, but here we are. I was also stunned to discover from one of her speeches that the UK has granted planning permission for a brand new coa ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Lindsay rated it liked it

It was interesting to see all the speeches she has made, but when they all start the same way, and address the same issue, some come across as repetitive. Still, it was a good listen.

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