[2] Klein relays her meeting with Greta Thunberg in the opening essay in which she discusses how young people are speaking out for climate awareness and change.

It’s why I wrote the book and decided to put it out now and why I’ll be doing whatever I can to help push people toward supporting a candidate with the most ambitious Green New Deal platform—so that they win the primaries and then the general.

[5] In his review for The New York Times, Jeff Goodell says that Klein's book "makes a strong case for tackling the climate crisis as not just an urgent undertaking, but an inspiring one."

Despite what Klinenberg sees as the book's lack of deep reporting, the fact that "it's repetitive and unfairly dismissive of some genuinely difficult scientific and political questions," and lack of "coherent strategy for overcoming partisan opposition," Klinenberg concludes his review by noting that it may be the book necessary for the historical moment of 2020: "If ever there were an opportunity to advocate for new social and economic models, this is it.

In Leigh's view, "To end the threat of global ecocide, we need to eliminate private and bureaucratic ownership, not just regulate it," which leads him to his conclusion that the book "is a useful analysis of the problem, even if its prescriptions fall short.