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I admire Greta a great deal. I am in awe at how gracefully she shoulders the burden that was unrightfully put upon her. When she started striking in August 2018, she could not have fathomed that her actions would inspire millions of others to join her and her cause. But with that rise to world fame, Greta has become a target for critics and trolls. I am absolutely disgusted by the hatred and threats, the misogyny and condescending attitudes that she has to deal with every single day. No one should be called a "bitch" or a "retard", least of all a 17-year-old girl.

“Homo Sapiens have not yet failed. Yes, we are failing, but there is still time to turn everything around. We can still fix this. We still have everything in our own hands.�

I stand with Greta. I stand with Fridays For Future. That's why I decided to pick up this little book of her speeches; on top of that, Greta is known for her straightforward speaking manner, both in public and to political leaders and assemblies, in which she urges immediate action to address the climate crisis. I was really looking forward to analysing her rhetoric.

It was interesting to see that Greta uses certain "catch phrases" that turn up in almost all of her speeches. There's definitely a repetitiveness in most of them; which is sadly not surprising because nothing has changed in politics, and it seems like Greta is preaching to the void, and has to repeat her demands on every occasion. So, even though I understand why most speeches are simply just a variation of one another, I don't necessarily think that this book was put together that well. To be quite frank, there's nothing new that we learn in these speeches. Sure, I agree with everything that Greta says (with the exception of already having "all the facts and solutions", it's not as simple as that, especially if you take social justice into account), but that doesn't mean that I have to give this collection of her speeches five stars.

From a publishing and literary standpoint, this book should've either been longer or provided more insight into the movement or the ins-and-outs of the climate crisis and possible solutions ... because just having Greta's short speeches isn't enough, and no one will learn anything from them. Again, that's not Greta's fault, I just think it's an odd choice to publish this little book in this way.

“I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.�

With that being said, I still enjoyed reading her speeches because Greta uses comparisons and imagery quite well, and it is refreshing to hear from someone who confirms the urgency of the crisis and who allows herself to see everything in black-and-white.