Before reading this book, a lot of the scientific details of global warming I had been told about was always varied. ‘The polar ice caps will melt tomorrow and we’ll all be underwater, all the natural resources will dry up and in a year we will be back to living in a cave, etc, etc. This book simply spells out the problem, giving you the facts, nothing more, nothing less, just straight to the point, no scare-mongers involved.

However, it’s so influential, in the sense that it really made me stop and think. I read the introduction on the train, because there was nothing else to do, and usually when I read a book, I can read a few pages at a time before having to stop. When I started reading Heat, I just couldn’t stop, partly due to the fact that for once I was able to acknowledge the facts of global warming, and partly due to the fact it was frightening.

One thing I would say, it would be advisable that upon reading the book, the advice being that I would accompany the book with a dictionary due to some of the language being advanced, but I feel that only furthermore showing Monibots passion and knowledge for the subject. He also looks at it from a socialist point of view, a point of view that isn’t used on the issue of global warming.

To conclude, this book is quite possibly the most shocking book of the year, and I really couldn’t do anything other than to advice you to read it; at times I sometimes feel that nothing is done with regards of to global warming, but this book proves that something is being done about the issue. A truly spectacular book that I would advise any self-minded individual to read.

Rating: 9/10

By Josh Muir