This book covers many important issues within environmentalism using different examples to demonstrate the message the author is trying to get across.
The writing is academic but I found it manageable.
My thanks go to the author, publisher and Netgalley in providing this arc in return for a honest review.

Important book on environmentalism. Touches on many important topics and the message is strong. The writing is academic, not too casual. Not very groundbreaking and refreshing, but a good collection of information.

Reading this book felt a bit like watching Planet Earth with the sound turned down too low -- impressive but not as clear as it should be.

That is to say, portions of this were excellent: insightful, cutting, and poignant, particularly in the author's anecdotes about her career. However, other parts didn't quite get their point across due to being either too abstract or too academic in tone.

Overall, I think the premise -- that all life on earth is connected -- is an excellent one. The conversation about environmentalism will surely ring true and appeal to many. But the writing style left me wondering who the audience is for this book: the public or the academy? I think it straddles the line between the two but doesn't quite fit into either, perhaps making it a hard sell to members of either group.

Definitely still worth the read if you like books that tackle big ideas and don't mind a more academic tone.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for a review.

Beautifully written, easy to follow, and enjoyable for anyone interested in eco-writing. "Earthlings" successfully addresses typically dense topics in an accessible way.

From an academic point of view, I'd give this book 4 or 5 stars; from a mainstream point of view, 3 stars. I'm still not sure who 'Earthlings' is targeted at - other environmental social scientists, or the general public? If it's the latter, then the writing is badly judged in its inaccessibility.

Having done an environmental MA with a lot of more-than-human geography thrown in, I "got" most of the content. Parr selects poignant and striking examples to illuminate her philosophical musings, from a day out on the beach in Australia to a broken polar bear being held captive in a Chinese mall. Still, I only have so much patient for academicspeak, and I would have loved Parr to have shared far more vignettes from what I'm sure is an extensive collection of experiences during her career and life as an environmentalist. Much of the book feels very abstract, and therefore more forgettable, despite moments of piercing analysis.

(With thanks to Columbia University Press and NetGalley for this ebook in exchange for an honest review)