Observations from Field Notes from a Catastrophe

As soon as I opened then book and started reading I got an immediate image in my head of what this woman was talking about. I thought that her writing was very descriptive. I think that this is a good quality to have in your writing because when you're writing about the Earth and climate change, you want to have the reader know and understand what your trying to say. When the author is talking about nature and the weather, its important to envision what they describe. Another thing that I really liked about the writing is how conversational it was. Kolbert would add little quirky bits on information about the people she interviewed or the town that it made the story that much more personal. I think that it was important that the writing was so conversational because, to be honest, I thought that this book was going to be really boring because of its topic. However, while reading it, the writing was very smooth and flowed well and it made it that much more of an easy read. 

Finally, while reading this piece I thought her use of information was placed perfectly in the writing. In the beginning when she was describing the village, she talked about its history and the people and then talked about the changes that the village went through since then. I thought the way she described the relocation of the town was very interesting and she kept me engaged. I really liked her writing style and I learned a lot.