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A review by jenbsbooks
Going Green by Nick Spalding
2.75
I've read several of Spalding's novels ... generally hitting some contemporary issues with some vulgar humor, but they stand out in my memory and are great for that "something different" between my other books when I need a palate cleanser. This one wasn't a favorite. 2.5 stars. I think I'll remember the basics. A good little push toward going green (or greener, do what you can).
1st person/present tense - very conversational tone, like our MC is talking to YOU, the reader, and in fact at times breaks the third wall and does address the reader (ie - "If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to work in a coffin, pop by sometime.") All from the POV of Ellie, working at a PR firm, who pretends she's a little more environmentally conscious than she is ... although, as one might expect, she does become more active along the way.
Several of my recent reads have had the word ornithological ... not common enough that I haven't noticed this strange, bird trend in my books. Here, the word was "ornithophobic" ... but there were birds again!
Included in KindleUnlimited - read and listen (audio included), this got pushed up my TBR after I found a physical copy at a library sale. I bought it, figuring I'd have it for reference as I read, then I'd put it in my Little Free Library. I am a Table of Contents snob, and get SO IRRITATED when the physical book doesn't have a TOC. Here, the chapters had headings, and I really appreciate a TOC, to see how many chapters, if there is additional information (headers, POV/Dates, etc). The Kindle copy TOC is best. Audible has just numerical chapters, and the physical book ... nothing at all. For MY reference (seriously, I can remember the basics of the book by reading the headers) ...
1. Climate Change
2. Dying to Make a Difference
3. Pot Plants, Pants and P45s
4. Veganthropy for Beginners
5. Cyclepathic Tendencies
6. The Cockatoo ... Of Doom
7. The Sticky Things Are Our Future
8. The Manspreader Cometh
9. The Tale of the Nefarious Narwhale
10. 37 Seconds
11. Four Normal Lightbulbs
12. An Extremely Inconvenient Truth
13. Two Stops and a Start
Content Conterns - per usual for this author, a lot of proFanity (x109)
1st person/present tense - very conversational tone, like our MC is talking to YOU, the reader, and in fact at times breaks the third wall and does address the reader (ie - "If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to work in a coffin, pop by sometime.") All from the POV of Ellie, working at a PR firm, who pretends she's a little more environmentally conscious than she is ... although, as one might expect, she does become more active along the way.
Several of my recent reads have had the word ornithological ... not common enough that I haven't noticed this strange, bird trend in my books. Here, the word was "ornithophobic" ... but there were birds again!
Included in KindleUnlimited - read and listen (audio included), this got pushed up my TBR after I found a physical copy at a library sale. I bought it, figuring I'd have it for reference as I read, then I'd put it in my Little Free Library. I am a Table of Contents snob, and get SO IRRITATED when the physical book doesn't have a TOC. Here, the chapters had headings, and I really appreciate a TOC, to see how many chapters, if there is additional information (headers, POV/Dates, etc). The Kindle copy TOC is best. Audible has just numerical chapters, and the physical book ... nothing at all. For MY reference (seriously, I can remember the basics of the book by reading the headers) ...
1. Climate Change
2. Dying to Make a Difference
3. Pot Plants, Pants and P45s
4. Veganthropy for Beginners
5. Cyclepathic Tendencies
6. The Cockatoo ... Of Doom
7. The Sticky Things Are Our Future
8. The Manspreader Cometh
9. The Tale of the Nefarious Narwhale
10. 37 Seconds
11. Four Normal Lightbulbs
12. An Extremely Inconvenient Truth
13. Two Stops and a Start
Content Conterns - per usual for this author, a lot of proFanity (x109)