"Rain and snow mysteriously, inexorably work their way under sills."

I've seen personification less irritating than this in a 6th grade poetry workshop.

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Already this far in, I'm noticing some trends in Weisman's narrative I feared I'd encounter.

Whether or not it was intended, the Zapara and the "rubber genocide" were romanticized right off the bat. A predictable, poor appeal to emotion, in my opinion. I also really hoped I wouldn't see the words "nature" and "revenge" on the same page, let alone in the same sentence.

Nevertheless, reading on, because the subject is fascinating. I hope Weisman will stick closer to his illustrative and intriguing case-examples and narrativize a little less as the book goes on.

The book's issues and possibilities, simply stated, speak for themselves.

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