Thank you again to NetGalley and the publisher for proving me with this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was entertaining and informative at the same time. Using dark humor to express important matters is a genius technique to keep the reader engaged and spread awareness. I would read more non-fiction if they were all written in this way.

A great entertaining book on the importance of (dark) humor in dealing with the environmental crisis. The book focuses more on dark humor in general, especially linked to racial problems in history. In the last half it is more linked to climate problems. I was surprised about how short the book was, it's really a quick read.

Stay Cool is rather tongue-in-cheek, droll commentary, I feel. For instance, how does one hitch up the terms, ideas and concepts embodied in the words: environmentalists, global warming and climate change, with interjected comedy, or as the author prerfers to specify, dark or gallows humor? For the answer author Aaron Sachs brings you, you'll just have to read the book.

In truth, I wasn't so sure what to make of this book as number one, I never seriously thought much about these earth issues and was on reason for wanting to read it to see what all the hoop-lah has been about.

However, the historical account of the development of humor, especially of the dark variety, kind of sidetracked me. It is interesting of course, as humor is one of my 'things' as is history. Eventually, I got how it all tied in with the main topics of environmentalists, and so on.

The reader will discover that even the title is 'punny,' so if the issues make you hot under the collar, I recommend staying attuned to stay - ing cool, especially with the growing amount of purgatorical reams of rhetoric available in the world on these issues.

I like that Sachs even has some suggestions on how to embrace, rather than fear, the changes of Earth's climate. In so doing, a person will no doubt learn to "Stay Cool'.

~Eunice C., Reviewer/Blogger~

January 2023

Disclaimer: This is my honest opinion based on the complimentary review copy sent by NetGalley and the publisher.