The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert
Science / Non-Fiction
The Sixth Extinction
by Elizabeth Kolbert
—· 352 p· 2014
National Book Awarddarkhaunting
Overview
About
From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.
Pages
352
Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Worldbuilding9
Narration9
Scientific Rigor9
Field Reporting9
Prose8
Pacing7
Emotional depth6
Plot twists3
My journey
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