Publication Date July 11, 2023
The Water Will Come is a super scary book from 2018 by Jeff Goodell, discussing the increasingly frequent disasters caused by climate change around the world. You may know him from his writing on climate change for Rolling Stone or hearing/seeing him covering climate and energy issues on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, ABC, NBC, Fox News and The Oprah Winfrey Show. As if that weren’t enough, Mr. Goodell has a new book that – in case anyone hasn’t noticed the news in early summer 2023—tells us possibly way more than we want to know (or, for some of us, can handle) about the impact of rising temperatures around the world. I know people who STILL believe the weather changes are cyclical, and there’s no need to worry…as well as people whose religious beliefs cause them to see these as the “end times” so they just want to ignore any efforts to deal with climate issues. After all, it’s all part of…you know. Sigh.
If you can handle it, I highly recommend The Heat Will Get You First. It’s a mixture of awesome scientific information combined with stories about real people and the threat to all of us. TBH, I had to keep putting it down. It scared the bleep out of me. Also reinforced my feeling of helplessness in the face of the changes happening to us all.
With thanks to Little, Brown & Company and NetGalley for providing a copy in exchange for my honest review, this one is 5 stars for sure.