Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus

4 reviews

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

I picked up this book because it came highly recommended to me by 2 friends, but I knew absolutely nothing about it until I started reading. Part-travelogue and part-history and contemporary realities of hotdogs, this book was as fascinating as it was absolutely hilarious. I sped through this one in 3 days, and the delivery on audio was excellent, although I wish I had a physical copy to go back and reflect on interesting hotdog facts 🌭 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Excrement, Grief, and Cancer

jourdanicus's review against another edition

5.0

This might be my most unexpected 5 star read this year! I have been in a serious book slump, and it's been even worse with audiobooks, so for a... Hot dog... Memoir? To take me out of it is pretty fun.

Yeah, idk, it was good. Interesting. If you like "micro histories" you'll like this. If you're vegan you will either love this or hate it. You'll definitely like it if you like podcasts. Being narrated by the author makes the audiobook even better!

Re: content warnings - they are listed in the beginning of the book so that's helpful if I missed some here.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Animal death, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcohol, Police brutality, Colonisation, Eating disorder, and Stalking

rhiannonafternoon's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

“What they don’t know about me is that I’m a hot dog reporter with nothing to lose”
Throughout this book you’ll get a taste of Loftus’ journey to document hot dog history, the unsettling creation of the beasts themselves, and learn that the best hot dog stands have burned down at least once. She’s got great one liners, and reminded me that for some strange reason, I still know the words to the Oscar Meyer Wiener song. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Excrement

Minor: Misogyny and Eating disorder

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, and Eating disorder

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief