Carbon Diaries (6 books in series)
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review 1: I really liked both of the Carbon Diaries 2015 and 2017 books. They are based in Britain and some American readers may encounter things they aren't familiar with, but the topic - global warming and resource / water conservation - is universal and so the international nature is re...
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review 1: I picked up this book, like many of the readers who reviewed, believing it maybe a little more interesting than other fiction books I've read; however, I was disappointed.As I read on I kept needing to remind myself that these were 'journal' entries not random twitter updates giv...
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review 1: I really enjoyed reading The Carbon Diaries, both 2015 and 2017, and I would like to see more of Laura's story, or more books in the same setting, different characters. These books present a view of a dystopian future that is right on our doorsteps, but instead of just being book...
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review 1: This is the fist title for this year's Primary Source Book Group on Dystopian Fiction. By the end of it, I decided I like the main character, Laurie, a teenager living in London. At first I found her a downright selfish twit. This is not the London of Kate and Will, though, it...
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review 1: I really appreciate the 'Carbon Diaries' series for effectively translating many non-fiction tomes about climate change into novels about a teenage girl's diary. Due to the kind of bore I am, the world-building is the reason I enjoy the series. I'm too much of a grumpy old woman ...
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review 1: For a YA book this is pretty deep thought. Imagine the future (2015 seems to, I don't know, way too current if written in 2009 but let's ignore that part of the title) when global warming actually occurred to the point it's shut down the streams that moderate the weather. Now the...