The World Without Us
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Book Summary Author: Alan Weisman Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Published) Format: Bargain Price Published: 2007-07-10 ISBN: N/A Number of pages: 336 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books |
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Book Reviews of the The World Without Us
Customer Review: Over-rated a little
Summary: 3 Stars
Weisman's effort is interesting above all for its depth and coverage. He really does manage to detail what would happen in different parts of the world if mankind suddenly disappeared. The 3 thoughts that occured to me while reading the book were:
1) Who cares what happens if mankind disappears? After all, by definition, we are all gone.
2) Much of what changes, though not everything, does so slowly and over periods of years and decades
3) The book, despite its detail and insight, quickly becomes a little monotonous, slow and .... dare I say, predictable.
It's not a bad read. But it probably does not deserve the credit that it seems to have generated.